Winery - Black Kite
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rich and concentrated in flavor, like Black Kite’s other ’07 single-vineyard Pinots. Shows similar flavors of blackberries, cherries, raspberries, cola, chocolate, anise, sandalwood and pepper. Yet curiously soft, and probably the least ageable. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Seems a little of the soft, sweet side, an easy wine to appreciate for its cherry, raspberry and cola flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Not showing the richness of the fabulous 2005 vintage, but a very nice wine nonetheless. Bone dry and rich in citrusy acids, its flavors veer toward cherry skins, orange zest, cola, anise and pepper.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in an alluring, voluptuous style, with soft acids and tannins framing lush cherry, raspberry, cola, red currant and vanilla flavors, this refreshing Pinot is beautiful now. It’s a real crowd-pleaser.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Opens with a burst of red cherry, plum and pomegranate aromas, and a smoky scent of charred meat bone that offers hints of bacon fat. Tastes beautifully ripe and supple, with complex fruit, spice and oak flavors that are supported by an intricate acid-tannin structure. A terrific wine, but I encountered some bottle variation in various tastings.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The biggest of the winery’s three ’05s, this starts to approach Grenache in its voluptuousness and rich mouthfeel of cherries and cocoa. This is tricky territory to navigate, but the wine pulls back into Pinot land with a dry silkiness and acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Give this crisp young wine some time in a decanter, and it gets better as it warms up in the glass, evolving from being tight, acidic and closed to offering exotic flavors of raspberry jam, tangerine zest and baked cherry pie, complete with the smoky-sweet crust. Best now and through 2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Black Kite has established itself in a short time as a winery to watch from the increasingly impressive Anderson Valley. The grapes for this bottling are from the “deep end,” the coolest, foggiest part of the appellation, and the wine is firm in acids. Yet it’s supple and silky and elegant, with bracing cherry, currant, balsam, soy and oak flavors that are complex and delicious.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Delicious doesn’t begin to describe this Pinot Noir. Other words that come to mind are serious, important and ageable. Made from the valley’s coolest, foggiest “deep end,” it’s extraordinarily rich, with explosive flavors of black and red currants, cola, mocha, licorice and cedar. Black Kite has really turned into a Pinot producer to watch. Drink now through 2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a very big Pinot Noir. Purists may say it’s too big for its own good. It’s dark and pretty full-bodied, and shows dramatic waves of blackberries, black cherries, currants, mocha, bacon, sandalwood and dusty Asian spices, wrapped into finely ground tannins. Give it a good decant if you drink it before 2011.
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