2017 Franny Beck Pinot Noir Blue Label

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  10/21/2023 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tasted over 2 days. Initially very tannic, surprisingly so, with a ton of red berry and blueberry but an unforgiving nature. Not really tight, more monumental and dumb. Second day, a lot more developed, still bracing tannins and acidity but with a lot of fruit to justify it. I dunno — this was like a high powered villages burg in its structure, with very new world flavor profile. A real lesson for me in terms of how serious and also how surly in adolescence OR pinot can be. I don’t think this is anywhere near ready to drink. I am keeping the rest buried for years. Impressive more than enjoyable now, do not touch. High potential.
  Score: 92, a reasonably conservative guess as to where this will end up.
  Relative to expectations: ++, this could be really exciting in 5 years.

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  10/8/2023 - thalver wrote:

  Popped and poured. Over the first hour or so it took a bit of coaxing to bring the flavors to the fore...opened up more after a couple hours open.

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  5/26/2023 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 91 Points

  PNP Completely better than last bottle and completely devoid of sweetness. Nice acid, dry but filled with red fruits. I am a fan now. Very Burgundy like without the musty terroir or long lingering finish. Still very good,

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  4/11/2023 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Decanted an hour. I didn’t notice the ripeness in my first bottle. There is also lots of new oak. The wine is fine but it is more like a lighter style CA Santa Rita Hills Pinot than an Oregon PN. If you’re looking for something more Burgundy in style this isn’t it. It is still well made just more ripe in style. A bit too sweet for me.

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  3/26/2023 - beef1020 wrote:

  Nice wine, decanted for an hour, drank over next. Still tight, hold last bottle.

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