MacPhail
MacPhail 2004 Sangiacomo Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $58
This big, powerful young wine tastes more alcoholic than the 14% that the label claims it is. It’s superripe in cherry, blackberry and cassis flavors, and Grenache-like in the mouth, which means it’s a little heavy for a Pinot. If you like this style, you’ll love this wine, which came from a vineyard in the county seat, Santa Rosa.
— S.H.
(9/1/2006)
MacPhail 2003 Toulouse Vineyard Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
- $35
Pale in color, light in body, this Pinot is elegant. It’s dry and acidic, with cola, red cherry, coffee and vanilla flavors that finish in a swirl of spice.
— S.H.
(12/15/2005)
MacPhail 2005 Pratt Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $56
Tastes like cherry-pie filling that got a little caramelized in the oven, giving it a Rhône-type note. Maybe charred oak contributes to the smoky heaviness. Either way, it’s a distraction from the delicate, sensual silkiness we all want from Pinot Noir.
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)
MacPhail 2006 Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
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- $45
MacPhail’s basic Anderson Valley Pinot is a good wine, dry and silky, with spicy flavors of cherries, currents and cola. It’s a bit light in body, but tasty and interesting.
— S.H.
(12/22/2011)
MacPhail 2006 Wightman House Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley)
- $60
Here’s a wine that straddles the border between ripeness and unripeness. Very dry and high in acids, its cherry and root beer flavors have an edge of lightly-sugared green mint tea. Doesn’t seem like an ager, but it’s a clean, interesting Pinot Noir to have with a good steak.
— S.H.
(9/1/2008)
MacPhail 2006 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $45
Very ripe, soft and jammy in cherry, raspberry and blood orange pie-filling flavors, this Pinot is made to be opened now. New oak adds a touch of smoke and vanilla. The wine feels dry and silky and lightly elegant in the mouth.
— S.H.
(9/1/2008)
MacPhail 2008 Rosé of Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
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- $20
A delightful rosé that shows the delicacy, dryness and crispness a blush should have. Has subtle flavors of raspberries, rose petals, citrus zest and dried herbs, with a peppery liveliness.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
MacPhail 2010 Rosé of Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
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- $20
A good rosé, one of the better ones. Dry and crisply acidic, with a nice minerally tang to the raspberries and toast, and a clean, spicy finish. Ham, in whatever form, is a natural partner.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
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