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WesMar 2007 Hellenthal Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
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- $50
Here’s a young, dry, acidic Pinot Noir that clearly wants some time in the cellar. It has a beautifully silky texture, and is made in a light, elegant style, with very complex flavors. Waves of sour red cherry candy and cola flavors wash over the palate, accented with orange zest, cinnamon, Asian spices, anise and sandalwood. Better after 2011 and should develop…
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
WesMar 2007 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- Editors' Choice
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- $35
Dry, silky and complex, this Pinot is as good as WesMar’s more costly single-vineyard Pinots, which makes it a great value. It shows great structural integrity, with crisp acids and fine tannins that house exotic flavors of cherry compote, Dr. Pepper cola, orange zest, Canadian bacon and Asian spices. Now–2013.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
WesMar 2006 Salzgeber Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
- $45
This lush, intricate and complex Pinot Noir really brings out the best of Russian River Valley. The fruit is enormously ripe, suggesting mashed cherries, blackberry jam, red licorice, cola and peppery spices, and the tannin-acid structure is just about perfect. The texture is right down the middle between silky-light and full-bodied. Beautiful now and through 2012.
— S.H.
(8/1/2009)
WesMar 2007 Balletto Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
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- $40
Give this beauty 3-4 years in the cellar, and if you can’t, at least decant it for hours before serving. It’s a beautiful young Pinot Noir, very dry and as silky as satin in the mouth, showing ripe, oak-inspired flavors of cherries, raspberries, cocoa, cola and spices. Shows the elegant acidity and structure of this wonderful vintage on the Sonoma Coast.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
WesMar 2006 Balletto Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)
- $40
Made in a lighter, silkier, more accessible style, this is an elegant Pinot Noir that suggests lamb, roast salmon and other upscale dishes. It’s easy to drink, but also complex, with intricately layered flavors of cherries, raspberries, red currants, licorice, sassafras, sweet smoky cedar and Asian spices.
— S.H.
(9/1/2009)
WesMar 2007 Salzgeber Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
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- $50
Dry and silky, a very proper Pinot Noir from this fine, cool vintage. It’s marked in youth by brisk acids and forward, somewhat one-dimensional flavors of cherries, cola and spices, with the smoky sandalwood of barrel age. Could develop all kinds of surprises over the next 4–6 years.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
WesMar 2007 Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
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- $35
A beautiful, fine young Pinot Noir that shows off the WesMar style of crisp elegance at a lower price than their single-vineyard wines. Dry and silky, it feels fine in the mouth, offering rich flavors of cherries, cola and sweet, smoky oak. Now–2012.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
WesMar 2007 Oehlman Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
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- $37
Tannic and acidic now, with a bite-down mouthfeel, although the overall texture is nice and silky, and shows the elegance of Pinot Noir. Give it a few years in the cellar to let the black cherry, currant, anise and cedar flavors mellow and develop.
— S.H.
(2/1/2010)
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