Winery - Tin House
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a dry, crisply elegant Pinot Noir to drink now with fine fare. It’s quite ripe, and retains a nice silkiness that frames black cherry, red currants, Dr. Pepper cola, raspberry preserve and smoky sandalwood. Best now–2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lots of sweet fruit and oak in this easy-drinking, sophisticated Pinot. It shows raspberry, cherry, vanilla and buttered toast flavors, sprinkled with the clove, cinnamon and white pepper spices that the Santa Maria Valley is famous for. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Acidity and dryness mark this wine. It’s not particularly rich or lush, but it has a sleek elegance, with suggestions of blackberries, mulberries and tobacco. Rich fare will wake it up.
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Tin House Syrah - 2004
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Hard to explain why the winery is only now releasing this wine at 4-plus years, but it’s not going to get any better. Rustic and tannic, it has medicinal flavors of cherries and currants, with an astringent finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tin House has been producing good Pinot Noirs that have been pushing the possibilities for Edna Valley, although the prices are going up every year. This bottling shows pure, ripe cherry, currant and cocoa flavors and rich, sweet oak, with the acidity that characterizes everything from this cool part of the Central Coast. Drink now through 2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
I wish this Syrah were just a little drier, but that aside, it’s a rewarding wine. Flooded with black cherry and cassis fruit, as well as smoky oak, it has the beautiful acidity and fine tannins of its terroir.
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Tin House Syrah - 2003
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tasted blind, I thought this was Russian River. It has the classic balance, complexity and flavors of that region, showing cherries, cola, rhubarb pie, pomegranates and spice, with a full-bodied dryness and long, ageworthy finish. Maybe part of the confusion is the Dijon clones. Whatever, it’s a really wonderful Pinot Noir, succulent and compelling.
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