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Harrington 2002 Hirsch Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $54
A lovely wine, pale in color and delicate as silk. It’s dry and crisp in acids, with a wonderful array of red cherry, cola, candied ginger, rosehip tea, vanilla, spice and smoky oak flavors. Feels light as a feather on the palate, yet lingers long and rich on the finish.
— S.H.
(8/1/2005)
Harrington 2006 Brosseau Vineyard Pinot Noir (Chalone)
- $50
Extraordinarily rich and ripe, just explodes with cherry jam, crushed black raspberries and sweet toasted oak and vanilla flavors. But it’s not a simple fruit bomb. Crisp acidity and a deep, fine tannin structure give it complexity and limited ageability. Good now and through 2012.
— S.H.
(5/1/2009)
Harrington 2006 Wild Horse Valley Pinot Noir (Napa County)
- $40
The valley is in a remote, warm part of Napa County. The wine is quite good. Rich and softly opulent, it offers waves of red cherry, raspberry, chocolate, orange tea, anise and Asian spice flavors that go on and on. Not an ager, but delicious now and through 2011 or so.
— S.H.
(5/1/2009)
Harrington 2006 Wiley Vineyard Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
- $40
This is a very rich Pinot whose primary virtue is fruit. It just explodes with delicious cherry jam, red currant, licorice and mocha flavors. Dry and crisply acidic, it’s a beautiful wine for early drinking.
— S.H.
(5/1/2009)
Harrington 2005 Iund Vineyard Pinot Noir (Carneros)
- $30
I love the silkiness and delicacy that defines this Pinot’s mouthfeel. Also nice is the dryness. Taste-wise, it could use more concentration, as the rhubarbs, pomegranates and cola are a little thin and weedy.
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)
Harrington 2007 Gap's Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
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- $45
Not particularly subtle now, offering a blast of jammy cherries, raspberries, mocha and cola, with an oaky-sweet finish. Could develop bottle complexities, but hard to predict.
— S.H.
(12/15/2009)
Harrington 2007 Brosseau Vineyard Pinot Noir (Chalone)
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- $50
Okay Pinot Noir, silky and clean, but the problem is it’s so fruity, so vibrant in luscious cherries, root beer and oak, that there’s hardly anything else going on. It’s all direct deliciousness.
— S.H.
(12/15/2009)
Harrington 2005 Gap's Crown Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $38
Some Pinots can handle high alcohol. This one feels hot and sweet, not in sugar but in alcohol and glycerine. It merits this score because the tart-like cherry, cocoapuff and cinnamon flavors taste good, but it really needs greater balance.
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)
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