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Goldeneye 2007 Ten Degrees Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
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- $100
This is a best barrel blend of Goldeneye’s several vineyards. It takes its beautifully ripe fruit from Confluence and the tannins of The Narrows to yield a dry, densely constructed and moderately ageable wine of exceptionally high quality and appeal. Blackberries, blueberries, cherries and exotic spices characterize the flavors of this tremendous wine, one of the…
— S.H.
(3/1/2011)
Arista 2005 Ferrington Vineyard Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
- $54
Showing the superb structure of the vintage and the spectacular way this great vineyard can ripen Pinot Noir, this polished wine is not only delicious from the get-go, but ageable. Floods the mouth with lush black cherry, red currant, cola, sweet oak, anise, vanilla and cinnamon spice flavors that go on and on. A memorable wine that should slowly gather steam and…
— S.H.
(10/1/2008)
Goldeneye 2007 Confluence Vineyard Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
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- $75
A spectacular Pinot, continuing a string of great vintages from this little vineyard. The year 2007 gave California supernaturally rich but balanced Pinot Noirs, and this is one of them. It’s sensational, offering broad, exotic fruit flavors, pinpointed with exotic spices, and exquisitely highlighted with French oak. Truly fine, this small-production wine should…
— S.H.
(3/1/2011)
Roederer Estate 2003 L'Ermitage Sparkling (Anderson Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $45
2003 was a great vintage for Roederer Estate. This, their top vintage wine, is very great, and the price is an absolute steal for this world class sparkler. It’s enormously rich in the strawberries from Pinot Noir and the limes from Chardonnay, while the toast and rich lees combine for a perfect champagne-style smokiness. And so smooth, it's like a kiss of silk. At…
— S.H.
(12/15/2011)
Goldeneye 2004 The Narrows Vineyard Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
- $70
This luscious Pinot shows the appellation’s ability to perfectly ripen the fruit while maintaining complete balance. The flavors are of cherries, raspberries, currants and cola, with nuances of licorice and gingerbread, yet for all that the finish is totally dry. So powerful is the wine in itself that it easily shoulders the 100% new French oak, which pushes the…
— S.H.
(12/15/2007)
Goldeneye 2005 Confluence Vineyard Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
- $75
The vineyard has been the source to some of Goldeneye’s deepest, most profound wines, and the ’05 certainly is big and cellar-worthy. It’s somewhat tannic, and very deep in black cherries and blackberries, with rich complexities of figs, dusty spices and smoky oak. The power of this wine is considerable, yet it somehow retains the light silkiness of great Pinot Noir.
— S.H.
(7/1/2008)
Chronicle 2007 Cerise Vineyard Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
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- $48
The vineyard is about 1,000 feet above Boonville. The wine is impeccable. Crisp in acidity, with a silky, elegant texture, it shows complex flavors of cherries, raspberries, cola, orange zest, Asian spices and earthy rhubarb. It’s dry, but with a rich, fruity-oaky sweetness. Delicious and compelling, it should develop over the next 6–8 years.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
Goldeneye 2007 The Narrows Vineyard Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
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- $75
This is a big Pinot Noir, dark and full bodied and juicy in pomegranates, cherries, red plums and sautéed wild mushrooms, and the interplay of oak with fruit even yields richer notes of milk chocolate. It’s devastatingly good, but also too young and fresh now to show its best. With its fine tannins and exquisite balance, this articulate young wine should be best…
— S.H.
(3/1/2011)
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