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90
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14
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2006
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90/100
Pinot Noir
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92
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Taster #7240
· Feb 13, 2014
91/100
A bit dark and brooding, this was certainly a full-throttle Pinot at one point, but the fruit has mellowed out a bit to a wonderfully well-rounded wine. I bought this at the winery a while ago, and still remember my trip there. The tasting room is a bit over-the-top (complete with coon-skin bottle stoppers), indicating the winery has gone a bit corporate, but this wine is still top-notch. Outstanding. thedrunkencyclist.com
2006 vintage
Taster #5418
· Nov 8, 2013
90/100
Dark fruit flavors of raspberry and cherry along with a bit of earth and well integrated oak. Very nice.
2006 vintage
Taster #0125
· Apr 7, 2013
91/100
Excellent pinot, powerful and spicy
2006 vintage
Taster #6901
· Jan 6, 2012
In the decanter, but pretty sure this bottle is cooked. Makes sense given the cost from Glendale. Bummer! Bottle I got from the winery direct were gorgeous...
2006 vintage
Taster #8406
· Feb 18, 2011
92/100
lovely lovely pinot. wow!
2006 vintage
Taster #7267
· Oct 8, 2010
90/100
very good. cherry a little worth twenty five bucks
2006 vintage
Taster #3413
· Apr 30, 2010
89/100
Technically correct in every way but somehow lacks soul
2006 vintage
Taster #4107
· Sep 12, 2009
89/100
{ST} From decanter, dark cherry red, medium body. Lovely nose that showed much of JR's description, with red cherries, berries, sassafras, roses, and cinnamon spice. Very good but less enthused with the palate of berries, spice and cola notes. Medium finish burns a little hot with flavors of cola, cherry, and mineral. Overall very good but for me not worth the anty.
2006 vintage
Taster #5717
· Apr 13, 2009
89/100
Deeper tones of burgundy that usual, with a very fragrant, pleasant aroma after 10 minutes of opening, sans decanter. Continued aroma of floral, light fruits including strawberry, cherry, and peach with minimal minerality. This pinot is another solid production by Fess Parker and would do well with a seafood dish, although we tasted this without food.
2006 vintage
Taster #2659
· Nov 15, 2008
90/100
Pinot Days Grand Tasting (Navy Pier - Chicago, IL) : Pinot Days 2008 at Navy Pier - Chicago, IL
2006 vintage
Taster #0935
· Nov 15, 2008
92/100
Pinot Days Chicago (Navy Pier, Chicago) : Ruby color. Notes of cherries, spice and earth with a minerally undertone. Deep red fruit & cherry tones on the palate, with slightly chewy tannins.
2006 vintage
Taster #8386
· Aug 15, 2008
Visiting Napa & All Around; 8/2/2008-8/18/2008 (California - USA) : As snob as I am, visiting Santa Bárbara Wine County, decided to have lunch in Los Olivos café, remembering one of the nicest moments of the famous movie. What a fiasco! Sitting in a small table, I founded a good local pinot noir in the wine list: Fess Parker; It din´t matter at all; The main asunt around that meal was a walking fly inside the caesar sald; so bad …
2006 vintage
Taster #8604
· Jun 29, 2008
Pinot Days (San Francisco, CA) : 89-90 points.
2006 vintage
Taster #2546
· Jun 28, 2008
87/100
Medium cherry red with pale meniscus; narrow, tart cherry and sour cream nose that changed, after 15 minutes or so in the glass, to a strawberry nose with menthol and eucalyptus notes; tight, tart cherry palate with a touch of cola; medium finish (clone 115; 15-20% whole cluster, 50% new oak)
2006 vintage
Taster #2546
· Jun 27, 2008
92/100
Pre-Pinot Days Tasting at K&L (K&L Wines, Redwood City) : Medium dark cherry color; ripe cherry and floral nose with a hint of chocolate; tasty, ripe and tart red fruit and cherry palate with miilk chocolate; medium-plus finish
2006 vintage
Taster #2546
· Jun 27, 2008
91/100
Pre-Pinot Days Tasting at K&L (K&L Wines, Redwood City) : Medium cherry red color with pale meniscus; round tart cherry and red fruit nose; good, refined, tart cherry and minerals palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish 91+ pts.
2006 vintage
Taster #2546
· Jul 1, 2007
90/100
2007 Pinot Days Grand Tasting (Fort Mason, San Francisco) : barrel sample 1 - roses, 90+ pts. barrel sample 2 - 1/3 whole cluster, good, roses 90+ pts.
2006 vintage