Gnarly Head, Pinot Noir, Lodi

Gnarly Head · California › Lodi › United States of America

Red · Pinot Noir

Critics

82 /100

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Vintages

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Reviews

82.7

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In my humble opinion, this wine neither looks, smells, or tastes like a Pinot. Maybe more like a Zin. That said, it's drinkable for the price. Cheers!

2018 vintage

Plum begining, dark red fruit finish with cherry accents

2018 vintage

God, frugtig, afstemt syre

2018 vintage

Almost a skunky aroma. Tastes better than it smells. But definitely a 2nd bottle kind of wine. Cheers.

2018 vintage

Heavier than most Pinot similar to Gnarly Head Cab. Cherry flavors sweet syrupy.

2018 vintage

A great value. Sweet cherries and tasty herbs,

2014 vintage

cherry-ruby colour; very clear. nose: sweet cherries, tobacco, cinnamon; Robust. taste: medium (-) acidity; soft; some spices and sweet notes; raspberries, sweet cherries; medium length cinnamon finish.

2014 vintage

This is a super featherweight Pinot Noir, its not bad in any ways, but it is also not really telling anything at all......supermarket wine as one would expect. By the way i had it in Zalto Burgundy.

2014 vintage

Decanted and served at 59f. There is an ample but simple fruit forward nose of strawberry and vanilla, The pallet is light and fruity, not mouth filling or big, but smooth and easy, with a short finish. There is not much tannin so drink in the next year or so. I would not pair this with heavy dishes. It would go well with turkey, or ham, light anti pasta or chocolate.

2012 vintage

I'm writing a do over for this wine also. Last time I tried a glass was at a pizza joint where it was OK, but non descript, and maybe overwhelmed by the pizza sauce. This time we brought a bottle home, decanted and tried it over 3 separate days. All Pinot's benefit from a decant. This relatively simple, terribly affordable red wine developed some real Pinot character and flavor with some exposure to air. It blew off all of the …

2012 vintage

Medium ruby color; tart red berry, cranberry, tart currant nose; juicy, red currant, tart red berry, cranberry palate with near medium acidity; medium finish (13.5% alcohol)

2012 vintage

Pretty nice for an $8 bottle

2012 vintage

Light oaky

2012 vintage

Nice easy drinking Pinot. Decanted and waited an hour. Lots of fruit on the nose and pallet, particularly plum, strawberry & raspberry. Tannins are soft and subtle. Drink in the next two years. It lacks any real complexity but still enjoyable and worth the $12 I paid for it.

2012 vintage

Resorted to considering this as the best choice at a Pizza bar not known for it's wine list. Though not totally a disaster, it was hard to distinguish this as a Pinot. The color and texture were about right. The nose had a slight plum, but there was not a whole lot of fruit flavor. Kind od diluted and washed out. Not much acidity. Probably would have shown better if not combined with pizza. Soft, non descript finish.

2012 vintage

I liked it alright

2012 vintage

Completely average. Nothing about the smell or taste was outstanding. Moved on to another wine before the bottle was through.

2008 vintage

just a very non-descript bottle of wine... did not finish the bottle.

2008 vintage

Juicy, ripe, dried cherries, herbal notes on the nose, eucalyptus, white pepper.

2008 vintage

Fruity pinot, a good value

2008 vintage

Very un-pinot like. Some red fruit on the nose, but nothing interesting happening on the palate

2008 vintage

Really nice wine for the price. Gnarly Head Zin is my favorite inexpensive red, and their Pinot is almost as good. Will definitely drink this again.

2008 vintage

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2008 vintage