Sadly, Sine Qua Non's final Pinot Noir will be the 2005 Over and Out Arita Hills Vineyard. That's a shame as their Pinot Noir has always been one of my favorites - always rich and full-flavored rather than a dumb-downed, wimpish, and diluted faux-French imitation. This beauty has put on considerable weight since I tasted it twelve months ago. Made from Dijon clones 115 and 777, it reveals a classic Cotes de Nuits-like perfume of damp forest floor intermixed with sweet cherries, plums, figs, and s...

Community Tasting Notes (average 93.2 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 46 notes)

Rating for United States-California: 90 (slightly better than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: young, aging quickly, could be good now<br/>