Terrific Ocxidental PN. Decanted for 45 min. Incredible fruit aroma intensity - darker fruits of dark cherry and blackberry along with brighter raspberry. Tons of orange peel on the nose and also giving some bitterness on palate. Amazing fruit concentration with red and dark fruit. Tertiary notes becoming apparent - forest floor, earth and mushroom. This will easily age well for another 5 years. But a great wine for Christmas dinner.
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Decanted 2-3 hours before serving. We’ve had a few 100 points wines over the years and have generally been disappointed. Until last night. The nose on this was unreal. So complex and beautiful you almost hate to waste the wine by tasting it. But it tastes as good or better. Delicious, complex, haunting. I don’t think we’ve ever had a better Pinot Noir.
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Pop and pour. Somewhat young and unformed still but still can see the class and pedigree. Crunchy red fruits and raspberries depth and balance in the mouth. Classy stuff.
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4/14/2024 - Ward Huang wrote: 92 Points
Good but not good enough, somehow ordinary.
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12/25/2023 - bayareadodgerfan Likes this wine: 94 Points
Terrific Ocxidental PN. Decanted for 45 min. Incredible fruit aroma intensity - darker fruits of dark cherry and blackberry along with brighter raspberry. Tons of orange peel on the nose and also giving some bitterness on palate. Amazing fruit concentration with red and dark fruit. Tertiary notes becoming apparent - forest floor, earth and mushroom. This will easily age well for another 5 years. But a great wine for Christmas dinner.
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6/11/2022 - GlennO86 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Backlog. Cherry and raspberry on the nose! Fruity and fresh. Great mouthfeel. Red berries, some earthy-notes and blackberry on the palate. Niiice😊
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2/21/2022 - domco wrote:
Decanted 2-3 hours before serving. We’ve had a few 100 points wines over the years and have generally been disappointed. Until last night. The nose on this was unreal. So complex and beautiful you almost hate to waste the wine by tasting it. But it tastes as good or better. Delicious, complex, haunting. I don’t think we’ve ever had a better Pinot Noir.
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1/15/2022 - fdub Likes this wine: 96 Points
Pop and pour. Somewhat young and unformed still but still can see the class and pedigree. Crunchy red fruits and raspberries depth and balance in the mouth. Classy stuff.
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