Community Tasting Notes (average 87.6 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 8 notes)

Rating for United States-California: 90 (slightly better than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: unpredictable<br/>

awinestory - 5/11/2010 Rating: 77 color - ruby, med trams nose - shy berries pal - dry, acid is med, tannin is med body is med alc is med (12) finish is pungent .... obvioious a pinot yet there are less clues about ow or nw and where made. this seems a characteristic of its style not a winemaking flaw. Pair this higher alc and acidity wine with sometghing like game. petrusncoke - 2/13/2010 Rating: 86 Spicy, almost like cardamom comes through the black cherry and cola aromas on the nose. On the palate, flavors of raspberries and blackberries give the wine a certain lushness, but though the fruit on the wine is very appealing, the searing alcohol unbalances the wine, making for a less than enjoyable pinot. For my money the Parker Station pinot noir, a wine by the same producer, is a better buy than this good, but overly-alcoholic wine. rjrausch - 1/9/2010 Rating: 79 Tight nose, some red fruit and sour cherry. Not my favorite pinot noir. A little hot, alcohol isn't well integrated. A bitter sour cherry flavor with a quick finish.