7
Feb
Posted by fireontop06 in $20 or less, 94 points, best buy 2009, pinot noir, top 20 2009. Tagged: 94 point pinot noir, california pinot noir, pinot noir, pinot noir wine tasting, top 20 2009 pinot noir, wine rating, wine tasting. 2 Comments
Cambria 2006 Julia’s Vineyard Pinot Noir $20
This Pinot is absolutely gorgeous with a nose of sweet fruit and light spice; With a silky palate of cherry, strawberry, pomegranate and cinnamon. The profile is dry and silky with amazing complexity and balance. Each glass this Pinot gets better and better. The finish makes this red even [...]
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6
Feb
Posted by fireontop06 in $20 or less, 91 points, best buy 2009, pinot noir. Tagged: 91 point pinot noir, california pinot noir, pinot noir, pinot noir wine tasting, wine rating, wine tasting. Leave a Comment
Wente 2006 Reliz Creek Pinot Noir (Arroyo Seco); $19
With sweet aromas of Bing cherries and vanilla bean leading to a lovely palate of red currant, black cherry, cola and light spice. Light-bodied and a silky mouth-feel that is well balanced and polished. The finish is light but still jam packed full of fruit and toasty [...]
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23
Aug
Posted by fireontop06 in $25 or less, 94 points, pinot noir, top 20. Tagged: 94 point pinot noir, california pinot noir, california wine tasting, pinot noir, red wine, wine, wine rating. Leave a Comment
Pinot Noir, Carneros, $25
Beautiful and elegant and one of my top 20 wines of the year. With a silky mouth-feel of Bing-cherries, rich cola, cinnamon and spice. At the core, there’s solid extract and beautifully expressive. The finish is long and spicy and this fabulous Pinot Noir will be drinkable until 2014.
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20
Aug
Posted by fireontop06 in $25 or less, 93 points, pinot noir, top 100. Tagged: 93 point pinot noir, california pinot noir, pinot noir, pinot noir wine tasting, wine tasting. Leave a Comment
Pinot Noir, Monterey County, $21
This wine rocks! Opens with a pure, clean, high-toned aroma, powerful and delicate, and a velvety palate of cherries, cola, coffee, spices and smokey oak. The earthiness and cinnamon flows through the mid-palate to the finish and adds balance and depth. A beautiful effort at Pinot Noir…Bravo!
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22
Jul
Posted by fireontop06 in $10 or less, 89 points, best buy, pinot noir. Tagged: 89 point pinot noir, best buy pinot noir, italian pinot noir, pinot noir, red wine for $10 or less. Leave a Comment
2006 Pinot Noir Sicilia $9
This big production Italian Pinot Noir shows how you can produce a value wine that’s very tasty. Pure cherry flavors accented by vanilla and spice dance across the palate of this medium bodied wine. The finish is balanced and clean with modest tannins, drink now.
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20
Jul
Posted by fireontop06 in 92 points, best buy, pinot noir, top 100. Tagged: 92 point pinot noir, 92 point red wine, pinot noir. Leave a Comment
Domaine Coteau 2006 Pinot Noir (Eola-Amity Hills); $30
I was at a party and a friend walked in with this bottle of wine and I followed him around so I could taste it. With that said…Wow! This is a great Pinot, with a nose of cranberry and oak leeding to a mix of berry-driven fruits and [...]
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19
May
Posted by fireontop06 in $10 or less, rose. Tagged: pinot noir, rose. Leave a Comment
Pinot Noir Rosé, Sonoma County, $10
This easy drinking bone dry Pinot Noir Rosé is light in style and flavor. Wild strawberry, white pepper and a hint of spice flow through the palate for a decent wine. Bracing acidity balance out this uncomplicated Rosé for a great price, drink now.
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13
May
Posted by fireontop06 in best buy, pinot noir. Tagged: best buy, pinot noir, red wine. Leave a Comment
Pinot Noir, Casablanca Valley, $15
This wine is very seductive, with a flowery nose offset by black cherry. Meaty and earthy with heavy notes of bitter chocolate, caramel, and vanilla flavors stemming from new oak. Very nice Pinot Noir from Chile but very different from typical California of Oregon styles. Drink now.
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1
Apr
Posted by fireontop06 in pinot noir, top 100. Tagged: pinot noir, top100. Leave a Comment
Pinot Noir, Carneros, $35
This pinot noir is one of the best I’ve ever had, beautiful and complex, this young wine will develop in the bottle, but i say drink it now. It has a silky, refined texture, with concentrated flavors of cherries, black raspberries, cola, pomegranates, persimmons and cinnamon spice. There’s lots of new [...]
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31
Mar
Posted by fireontop06 in pinot noir. Tagged: pinot noir. Leave a Comment
Pinot Noir, Monterey, $38
Big and Powerful, yet ripe and elegant, I love finding a pinot noir with so much body. This very dry lip smacker brings flavors of blueberry, Cherries, raspberries and blackberries flood the palate, enriched with earthier notes of balsam, cola, soy, licorice and spice. Drink now thru 2010.
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