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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

With rich, candied raspberry and cherry flavors, this Pinot is saved from simplicity by good structure. The tannins are rich and fine and come in equal parts from grapes and oak barrels. Acidity is pure cool climate. Give it a little more stuffing, and the score would soar.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2008

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Nothing charming about this wine, which is sweet, acidic and fruity, like a Lifesaver pineapple and lemon candy. Pretty expensive for what you get.

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Pali Chardonnay - 2009

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Beautifully rich and ripe in cherries, raspberries and sweet smoky cedar, this Pinot is fully drinkable now, although decanting will help. But it’s also an ager. Shows a mushroomy dryness and herbal grounding that suggest improvement through 2013.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

An attractive, upscale Pinot for drinking over the next six years. It’s dry and silky, with a nice tension of acidity and fruit. Shows flavors of red cherry pie filling, cola, mocha, anise, cinnamon, pepper and smoky oak. Beautiful and complex.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Beautiful. Offers soft, lush and immediately delicious flavors of raspberries, cherries, cocoa, anise and sandalwood, wrapped into ripe, sweet tannins. Perfect now.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Pali’s ’07, from a fine vineyard, has a grilled, rôti taste, as though the blackberries and cherries got a few moments of direct heat on the grill. Bone dry and full-bodied, it’s a bit heavy, and could develop with time. If you drink it now, decant.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This is interesting—a California take on Oregon Pinot Noir. It’s sleek and spicy, with a racy spine and a very tart, dry mouthfeel. The fruit is peppery and hard; like hard candy with an herbal streak. The wine hides its almost 15% alcohol quite well, but it will reward ample breathing time.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Ripe and crisp and rich, in the manner of this fine vintage, offering an explosion of cherries, currants, anise and vanilla-scented cedar. With its silky texture, it’s a beauty, but needs time. Give it 3–4 years in the cellar.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

A little heavy and ripe for a Pinot Noir, this bottling shows pie-filling flavors of cherries, blackberries and currants, with a candied chocolate-covered mint sweetness. It also seems overly soft. Drink now.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

The Cargasacchis, whose Santa Rita Hills vineyard is one of the most brilliant in the appellation, have this new one. The wine shows crisp, fog-inspired acidity, but is very ripe, with pie-filling cherry and blackberry flavors.

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Pali Pinot Noir - 2006

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