2019 Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Noir Heritage No. 15 Whistling Ridge Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93 points

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  2/5/2024 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  The only reason I opened this is because I really wanted a Goodfellow Pinot Noir, and this was the first one I ran across. Don't be fooled by the color, as it's barely darker than a Rosé. It's still painfully young, but it's also an aromatically interesting wine. "Chew" on it a little and the structure comes out, and air brings depth the to the mid-palate while retaining lightness. There is also a lingering, ethereal finish that signals even more enjoyment is in store for the future. I should not have opened yet another bottle of this so soon, but I don't regret the Experience!

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  9/20/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Goodfellow wines have always tended to the elegant. This one is on the extreme end. Barely darker than a Rosé, aromatically effusive, yet fleeting, and nearly weightless on the palate, I was not sure if I was drinking wine, or imagining it. Everything that should be there is there. It’s just a ghostly presence. I suspect this will age on its balance (that said, acid-phobics beware), but I have no idea what it will become.

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  5/18/2022 - burgconvert Does not like this wine:

  Rampant acidity that was terribly disjointed on the palate. Nose had a brief hit of cherry. Mellowed out a little with air but really not worth my time. May have been an odd bottle, but it wasn't heat damaged or corked. Do not recommend
  
  Edit: After much feedback I'm removing my score until I can try an aged Goodfellow. Still keeping the note for myself as a reminder not to drink young

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  12/16/2021 - Biskuit Likes this wine: 93 Points

  So ethereal, bright, delicate...

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