Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Description	$ / *	Tasting notes
2017 Fess Parker Santa Rita Hills	23 ***	01/2020 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2015 Lot 656 Cameron Hughes Arroyo Seco Monterey County	15 ***	03/2019 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2016 Lot 627 Cameron Hughes Oregon	15 ***	01/2019 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2015 Lot 539 Cameron Hughes Oregon	15 ***	11/2018 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2012 Roth Estate Sonoma Coast	19 ***	06/2016 Big body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2013 Cameron Hughes Collection Monterey	15 ***	12/2015 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2012 Lot 398 Cameron Hughes Dry Creek	15 ***	04/2015 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2012 Lot 405 Cameron Hughes Central Coast	15 ***	02/2015 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2010 Sean Minor Carneros	18 ****	10/2014 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance, and is fairly complex. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2012 Lot 395 Cameron Hughes Russian River Valley	18 ***	08/2014 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2011 Calera Calif Central Coast	20 ***	01/2014 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance - one of the better Calera Pinots I have had. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2011 Lange Oregon	22 ***	04/2013 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance, and nice flavors. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2009 Sean Minor Carneros	18 ****	01/2013 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance, and is fairly complex. Nice blend of earthy character and Pinot fruit.
2011 Meiomi Monterey - Santa Barbara - Sonoma	19 ***	12/2012 Medium body, good fruit. This has typical Pinot flavors. My only complaint is that it is too fruity, so it seems lacking in typical earthy flavors.
2009 MacMurray Central Coast	13 **	10/2012 Light body, good fruit. This has typical Pinot flavors, but is a bit on the light side.
2008 Gloria Ferrer Carneros	19 **	10/2012 Light body, good fruit. This has typical Pinot flavors. This has pretty good balance. But it is on the light side, and a bit pricey.
2010 Hofstatter Meczan Alto Adige - Italy	19 ***	10/2012 Light body, good fruit. This has excellent balance, and good flavors. This would fool anyone as to where the bottle came from!
2010 A to Z Oregon	17 **	09/2012 Medium body, good fruit. This has typical Pinot flavors, but is a bit on the light side.
2007 BearBoat Russian River	15 ***	09/2012 Medium body, good fruit. This has excellent balance, and good flavors. This was the best year for BearBoat (in recent history).
2008 Erath Oregon	14 **	07/2010 Medium body, light fruit. This seemed too light - definitely not as good as earlier vintages.

Wine Ratings: * Fair, ** Good to Very Good, *** Excellent

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