Winery - C. Donatiello
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s a Floodgate Vineyard in Anderson Valley that produces very nice Pinot Noirs, but this one says it’s from Russian River Valley. This wine is average in quality. It has a fine, silky mouthfeel, with some good cherry flavors, but also a sharp, green touch of mint that’s unlikely to age out.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Shows the fine varietal characteristics of dryness, silkiness and fruitiness you want in a nice Russian River Pinot, with suggestions of cherries, currants, root beer and smoky oak. There’s also a streak of wintergreen tartness that seems to limit the cellar-worthiness. Best now and through 2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is the richest of the winery’s Pinots, and it shows a blast of pie-filling cherries, black raspberries, pomegranates and red plums, along with savory spice and vanilla oak flavors. It’s a bit soft, but supported by finely ground, velvety tannins. Best now and through 2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A rich, direct Chard that leaves little to the imagination. It offers a sunburst of oak-inspired tropical fruit flavors that are very ripe and jammy, in the modern California style.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This Chard is soft and sweet, very ripe in jammy white and yellow fruit flavors, and has a smoky-oak coating. It’s made in a style meant to appeal to consumers.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft and simple, with canned apple and pear flavors and a heavy dose of sweet, charry oak.
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