2016 Relic Wines Pinot Noir Putnam Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  6/1/2023 - OldHick95 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Black cherry, some turned earth, and fresh herbs. Finished with a fresh cherry juice note, and on the second night, a hint of smoke.

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  12/21/2019 - Coachron13 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  One of the better pinots. Nice structure, none of that flowery strawberry stuff we don’t like in a lot of pinots.

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  7/1/2019 - John Dunlap Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Visited winery and tasted a number of wines with winemaker Mike Hirby. Sadly, I believe this is the last vintage of Putnam Vineyard Pinot Noir, so it was nice to taste. The Putnam Pinot Noir is a very good wine with a bit more richness than its stablemate, the 2016 Kashaya Pinot Noir; nevertheless, this is a relative distinction given the subtle style of all the wines tasted today. Notes of red raspberry and cherries, along with some darker spice elements - including clove - where present on the nose and palate. Very nice.

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  3/9/2019 - PTCwinenerds Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Balanced Pinot with fantastic floral nose and long finish. This will drink well for a few more years. Kasahya Pinot from Relic is the better of the two.

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