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90
/100
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27
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2005
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90/100
Pinot Noir
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Taster #4443
· Mar 2, 2019
87/100
Another Saturday at Chevalier...Mostly Blind New World Pinot Noir (Chevalier Fine Wines - Chicago IL) : Certainly enjoyable mostly black fruit with faint spice notes. Still nicely fresh with enough background structure. Nothing complex, but nicely tasty now.
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Taster #0611
· Jun 21, 2018
91/100
Still deeply impressive. Fully integrated with lively fruit on the palate.
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Taster #1426
· Jul 21, 2017
92/100
This was actually a magnum taken to a dinner party and consumed with a leg of lamb. Lovely wine, all tannins smoothed out but the fruit was still quite vibrant. These Navarro Pinots have a sneaky ability to age well.
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Taster #5805
· Mar 19, 2017
91/100
Drank much better than last two bottles. Agree with previous recent notes. Needed about an hour to fully open up but it also started out at cellar temperature.
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Taster #0611
· Mar 5, 2016
91/100
At it's peak now IMO. Full bodied with fruit still showing. No bricking.
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Taster #0351
· Aug 23, 2015
95/100
Still great layers of fruit accompanied by excellent spice -- cinnamon and clove in particular. Paired excellently with both salmon and lamb.
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Taster #0175
· Aug 14, 2014
92/100
Wonderful rich, deep wine. Lots of dry berries. Great finish. Had with duck...lucky duck.
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Taster #6198
· May 1, 2014
Opened and consumed two bottles from my cellar where they'd been kept under ideal conditions since their arrival. Oddly, although stored alongside one another they were quite different. Both were paper filtered and decanted, but, they yielded quite different drinking experiences: 1) first bottle left a light dusting of sediment in the filter and a bright, almost ruby red liquor with a strong aroma of wild flowers and an underlying aroma of berries. Explosive flavors on the tongue of cherry, …
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Taster #6550
· Mar 15, 2014
90/100
Holds well.
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Taster #6550
· Feb 27, 2014
95/100
rich and perfectly aged
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Taster #9259
· Sep 2, 2012
I opened this bottle bymistake. But, it was a pleasant surprise. It was excellent; rich in mature fruit and structure. i am glad I have a couple of additional bottles left.
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Taster #1426
· May 2, 2012
92/100
Popped and poured. Deep red fruited nose; medium deep red color. Very clean on the palate with significant depth and very good balance but quite ripe. Nice finish. Little tannin is obvious but it may still be buried under the fruit; tasting much younger than it's 7 years. I would expect in magnum format this will last another 10 years, given the intensity and balance. Very good effort.
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Taster #2055
· Apr 6, 2012
95/100
We tasted a vertical of Deep End Blend, '04, 05, '06 &'07 and this one stood out from the rest. Outstanding, one of the best pinots I've had in awhile.
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Taster #2055
· Apr 2, 2011
95/100
This wine has improved with age. On release I would have probably given it a 90/91, but now it's even better. Excellent, I'm glad I still have more in the cellar.
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Taster #1426
· Feb 18, 2011
91/100
Bright red ruby. Nice nose of red fruits; good depth and texture - a bit more intense than is typical for Navarro although the Deep End can be a bigger wine as it is in this vintage. Many years in front of it but beginning to drink nicely; this has an almost RRV-like texture on the finish, a bit unusual for Anderson Valley Pinot.
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Taster #7954
· Nov 2, 2010
84/100
Nose was bright cherry and rhubarb, alcohol prominent even after decanting. Palate is dry sweet cherries with hints of vanilla and clover. Finish was dry and moderately short, cherry and strawberry.
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Taster #0611
· Aug 18, 2010
84/100
Somewhat disappointing. Could be 'over the hill'. Lacks any real display of PN characteristics IMO.
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Taster #6641
· Mar 27, 2010
86/100
good to begin with but not so good after a couple of days
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Taster #1426
· Mar 10, 2010
89/100
Popped and poured. Deep red, initially quite closed aromatically. Good weight on the palate but clearly an infant in terms of development. Will be interesting to see how this develops.
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Taster #1655
· Jun 26, 2009
87/100
2 hr decant before tasting. Food pairing: salmon sushi. Color: soft violet, medium dark. Smell: roses, citrus, intense perfume, raspberry, tapioca, cream. Taste: cherry and cinnamon on the tip of the tongue, lightly structured and smooth on the mid-palate, raspberry and blackberry, potent acidity brings lime flavor. Finish is big to start, ripe fruit, mesquite smoke, seawater, more of the citrus and acidity, leaves the mouth slightly dry.
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Taster #2546
· Oct 4, 2008
86/100
Pinot Tasting with John Winthrop Haeger to celebrate the release of Pacific Pinot Noir (WineBank, Menlo Park, California) : Dark cherry red color; greenish, stemmy and tart black cherry palate; medium finish
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Taster #9091
· Jul 10, 2008
88/100
Raspberry, cherry and slate/mineral nose. Somewhat thin mouthfeel, a bit astringent (maybe I'm meaning tannic) but nice acidity. Pleasant but not dynamic fruit.
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Taster #0516
· Jun 23, 2008
Smooth, a bit dry to my taste, with some black current and a nice nose. Ellie liked it more than I did.
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Taster #0300
· May 20, 2008
89/100
Easy-drinking but not thick or cloying; good nose; v. friendly pinot that has some weight and depth; drink up
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Taster #6446
· Dec 21, 2007
90/100
As always great
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Taster #1786
· Nov 14, 2007
89/100
For the price it has great fruit and structure but maintains it's elegance
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Taster #6799
· Sep 3, 2007
87/100
nice, lightweight very smooth perfect for a party pinot. Enjoy this producer's value wines.
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Taster #5508
· Aug 18, 2007
91/100
This wine has a lot of potential and is already drinking beautifully. High-toned cherry and cinnamon on first opening, with a dark ruby color. As it opens up notes of cedar, cocoa powder, and blackberry enter into the palate and aromas. Continued to develop and gain complexity as we drained the bottle. Wait a year and check again, but I think this one will age well and develop in interesting ways.
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Taster #5508
· Aug 16, 2007
88/100
Anderson Valley Tastings; 8/15/2007-8/16/2007 (Anderson Valley, Mendocino County) : Rose aromas and juicy black cherry fruit are the entry to this very good wine with medium toast on the mid palate and a good balance already between fruit, spice, and acidity. Not as complex as the Methode a l'Ancienne pinot, but a great deal for the price.
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Taster #4167
· Jun 20, 2007
87/100
Dark purple red color which reminds me of an Oregon pinot, but the wine has a subtle cherry nose without funky notes. Very nice balance and finish. Smooth flavors, more interesting than other comparably-priced pinots I've had. I think this wine is a great value.
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