Worst bottle yet. Either the wine has shut down, which seems quite possible looking at the arc of my scores, or else it has peaked and run its course. Only time will tell as I'll let that last bottle sit a few years, along with my last '02, to revisit someday and see if I was right to drink them all so young, or an absolute fool.
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A nicely balanced pinot noir showing decent extraction, good acidity, and firm tannins. A fruit driven pinot with cherry and pomegranate, but it still has some cedar and earthy element.
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The most tired showing yet of this wine. Dumb phase? Dumb bottle? The fruit of the attack and the acidity of the finish seemed disjointed, leaving the fruit seeming heavy and flat and the acid seeming overly aggressive after that. Still a nice bouquet. Perhaps we'll hold off for a while to finish.
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10/9/2016 - JJKinch wrote: 91 Points
Red fruit (cherry), nice spice, slight floral, good acidity. Lingering finish. Good balance. Really enjoyable.
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4/25/2009 - sleepyhaus wrote:
Worst bottle yet. Either the wine has shut down, which seems quite possible looking at the arc of my scores, or else it has peaked and run its course. Only time will tell as I'll let that last bottle sit a few years, along with my last '02, to revisit someday and see if I was right to drink them all so young, or an absolute fool.
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10/28/2008 - winelovr2001 wrote: 89 Points
A nicely balanced pinot noir showing decent extraction, good acidity, and firm tannins. A fruit driven pinot with cherry and pomegranate, but it still has some cedar and earthy element.
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9/20/2008 - sleepyhaus wrote:
The most tired showing yet of this wine. Dumb phase? Dumb bottle? The fruit of the attack and the acidity of the finish seemed disjointed, leaving the fruit seeming heavy and flat and the acid seeming overly aggressive after that. Still a nice bouquet. Perhaps we'll hold off for a while to finish.
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9/8/2008 - sleepyhaus wrote: 88 Points
Very good
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