2004 Dain Wines Pinot Noir American Beauty Amber Ridge Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (61) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  11/30/2014 - J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 88 Points

  An extremely pleasant and excellent California pinot noir that is beginning to take on the characteristics of maturity. Too bad this is my last one. Tertiary fruit flavors are opening up. A bit on the light side. There is still a bit more Cali pinot funk/cola flavor that is not my favorite, which keeps me from rating this in the outstanding category. My brother-in-law, who is not a pinot fan, commented that this had a lot more fruit than most cali pinots.

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  4/3/2013 - jasonh wrote:

  No longer a beauty. I very nice wine in its youth but now, too much of a VA thing going on and fairly hot. Not sure much pinot from Cali in 2004 are holding on.

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  3/9/2013 - lewisrise wrote: 70 Points

  Nose of rotting cherries. Very flat and one dimensional. Too old. Had to throw out.

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  8/28/2011 - lewisrise wrote: 93 Points

  Nose of cranberry and pomegranate Well integrated and still quite fruit forward. Not as robust as 4 years ago but still a killer pinot.

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  4/24/2010 - lewisrise wrote: 89 Points

  Dark cherry and cotton candy on the nose. Very burgundian with dark cherry and pepper.

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