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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Winemaker James MacPhail brings his touch to this ripe, delicious Pinot Noir. It explodes in raspberries and cherries, but it’s no more fruit bomb. Shows fine acidity and even a dusting of tannins that provide structural integrity. Really nice now, and should develop over the next 4–6 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ultrarich and forward in fruit, and what’s wrong with that? Floods the palate with pie filling flavors of cherries and raspberries, with a rich coating of oak that adds vanilla, buttered toast and caramel. The richness is balanced with crisp acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
You’ll find an unusual note of freshly crushed black pepper in this Pinot Noir. Not overwhelming, but enough to vie with the cherries, cola and sandalwood. It’s an excellent wine, dry and silky, although not on a par with the magnificent 2007.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Green Valley is the coolest part of Russian River Valley and the wine shows the wind and fog in its crisp acidity and minty quality. But there’s a wealth of roasted cherries, along with rich smoky cedar, and the mouthfeel is silky and refined. Should develop over the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dry, silky and crisp in acidity, this Pinot offers easy flavors of red cherries, cola, licorice, orange zest and cedar, with a vast array of peppery spices. At its best now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This distinctive Pinot Noir’s source is a tiny vineyard in cool Green Valley; the winegrower is James MacPhail, whose own MacPhail Pinot Noirs are so good. The wine itself is totally dry and silky and firm in acidity, yet soft in fine tannins. You might call it noble. It’s eruptive in cherries, sweet smoky bacon, raspberry granola and oaky sandalwood. Gorgeous, seductive and brilliant, a truly great Pinot Noir that’s impeccable now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Doesn’t show quite the rich complexity of Sequana’s single-vineyard Pinots, but a fine wine nonetheless. Dry, tannic and crisp in acidity, it has berry, currant and spice flavors with a nice earthiness.
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