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Patz & Hall 2009 Hyde Vineyard Pinot Noir (Carneros)
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- $65
A big Pinot Noir, rich and extracted, and lacking delicacy at this time. It’s as full-bodied as a Rhône blend, with jammy cherry, blueberry and spice flavors, enriched by lots of sweet new oak. Delicious, yes, if you care to drink it now. Try cellaring for four or five years to see if it mellows.
— S.H.
(3/1/2012)
Cartlidge & Browne 2009 Pinot Noir (North Coast)
- $15
A mild, medium-bodied North Coast Pinot Noir with a pleasant aroma of cherry and plum, the cherry carries throughout the wine’s texture and overall follow-through. A tad simple, this wine is nonetheless a tremendously great deal for California Pinot.
— V.B.
(11/1/2011)
Carr 2007 Three Vineyards Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)
- $40
Here’s a dark, rich, somewhat heavy Pinot Noir, of the type sometimes referred to as Rhône-like. It lacks vibrancy, but is very rich in red cherry pie filling, cola, oatmeal cookie, cocoa, vanilla and smoky meringue flavors. Drink now.
— S.H.
(8/1/2009)
Lenné Estate 2006 Pinot Noir (Yamhill-Carlton District)
- $45
A rich, lush, well-structured and seamless Pinot Noir, the 2006 Lenné brings brambly cherry fruit with streaks of herb, leaf and spice. The alcohol, pushing close to 15%, shows up as a slight burn in the finish, but the wine brings in interesting notes of mint and chervil in the aromatic finish.
— P.G.
(10/1/2008)
J.K. Carrière 2007 Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
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- $36
A fine-tuned, fragrant, low (13%) alcohol Pinot Noir, this wine offers fruit flavors of strawberry and raspberry, fresh and juicy, but with a steely spine and enough tannin to feel sturdy and cellarworthy. There is more than a trace of leaf and herb in the finish.
— P.G.
(6/1/2010)
Soléna 2005 Guadalupe Pinot Noir (Yamhill-Carlton District)
- $35
This popular vineyard, now almost 20 years old, yields a brambly Pinot Noir which might pass for a Sonoma Coast bottling. More elegant, almost steely, than many of the other Soléna vineyard designates, this offers cooler fruit flavors of rhubarb and wild strawberry, along with anise and dried herb.
— P.G.
(7/1/2008)
Cartlidge & Browne 2005 Pinot Noir (California)
- $13
Wine lovers who want to figure Pinot out but are on a limited budget would do well to buy this one. It’s properly dry and silky, with cherry, strawberry, cola, tea and cinnamon clove flavors. The wine, made from components from Mendocino to Santa Barbara, is a testament to the fine art of blending.
— S.H.
(12/31/2006)
Cartlidge & Browne 2008 Pinot Noir (California)
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- $14
Silky, light-bodied and dry, with flavors of cherries, cola and herbs. It’s a simple wine that gets the Pinot concept across in a direct way.
— S.H.
(12/31/2009)
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