This wine is still very good and could be very drinkable for several more years! Not too bad for a much-maligned vintage that was supposed to be drunk young. Oh, you fools who drank it way too young. It has generally improved over the last 5 or 6 years, with good structure, good albeit refined fruit flavors, and forest floor notes on the palate. a surprisingly long finish.
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Not quite as good as previous bottles of this vintage. Still, a nice wine with flank steak. A little sharp and tannic, may just be going into a typical pinot noir closed-up period. We'll wait on the next several bottles to see if it opens back up in a year or two.
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This is drinking extraordinarily well for a young wine. The advice to drink this vintage young rather than age it is on the mark. Everything is in synch with this wine - some structure behind the youth and fruit - lots of red fruit content to this wine. We had it for a dinner party with a delicious chicken cacciatore recipe. A great pairing.
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12/24/2016 - bear Likes this wine: 88 Points
This wine is still very good and could be very drinkable for several more years! Not too bad for a much-maligned vintage that was supposed to be drunk young. Oh, you fools who drank it way too young. It has generally improved over the last 5 or 6 years, with good structure, good albeit refined fruit flavors, and forest floor notes on the palate. a surprisingly long finish.
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1/3/2010 - bear wrote: 87 Points
Not quite as good as previous bottles of this vintage. Still, a nice wine with flank steak. A little sharp and tannic, may just be going into a typical pinot noir closed-up period. We'll wait on the next several bottles to see if it opens back up in a year or two.
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8/20/2009 - bear wrote: 88 Points
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8/20/2009 - bear wrote: 88 Points
This is drinking extraordinarily well for a young wine. The advice to drink this vintage young rather than age it is on the mark. Everything is in synch with this wine - some structure behind the youth and fruit - lots of red fruit content to this wine. We had it for a dinner party with a delicious chicken cacciatore recipe. A great pairing.
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8/7/2009 - winenewb068 wrote: 87 Points
Pretty consistent with previous bottles. Glad I got a good deal on these - have gone through half a case already this year.
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