Winery - Fulcrum
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a wonderfully rich, seductive Pinot Noir. It has the lushness and complexity you want in a fine California bottling, with a silky texture and crisp acidity. The flavors are very complex, ranging from raspberry and cherry tart, cola and exotic rosehip tea to sandalwood, finishing with a flourish of spice. Lots of new oak, but it’s perfectly in keeping with the wine’s volume.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tastes and feels rather full and heavy now, like a Grenache, with cherry, licorice, red currant, pepper and oak flavors. The acid-tannin structure is fine, it’s just that idiosyncratic weight. Could develop in 3–5 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Big and powerful, but nuanced despite its size. It’s a dark, extracted wine, filled with wild cherry, raspberry, currant and sandalwood flavors, as well as exotic notes of forest balsam, grilled mushrooms, tamari and dusty Indian spices. Super-complex, it changes with every sip, and should change interestingly over the next six years. The vineyard is in the Petaluma Gap, and argues strongly for that region’s future.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Shows the challenges of the 2008 vintage, which was alternately cool, hot and rainy in the North Coast. The wine is very dry and quite acidic. While it shows an elegant structure, it’s a bit lacking in richness, and probably is not ageworthy.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Full-bodied, ripe and oaky, with the weight almost of a Rhône red. Shows cherry pie filling, blueberry, sandalwood, black pepper and anise flavors. Delicious, but needs time to soften around the edges. Hold until after 2010.
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