Morlet, Pinot Noir En Famille, Sonoma Coast

Morlet · California › Sonoma Coast › United States of America

Red · Pinot Noir
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LWIN 1453490
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94 /100
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28
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Taster #4702 · Dec 5, 2024
97/100
Really singing with a big piece of Prime steak!!
2013 vintage
Taster #1849 · Oct 28, 2024
Truly delicious bottle, elegantly rich, dark fruit, with a touch of cinnamon spice, went wondrously well with our Beijing Duck lunch in San Francisco. Bravo Luc and Jodie!
2009 vintage
Taster #2428 · Sep 13, 2024
93/100
Rich dark cherry with baking spice, cinnamon and long finish
2009 vintage
Taster #0390 · May 7, 2022
93/100
Chocolate covered cherries with baking spices. This wine still has life in it, but it has mellowed out considerably.
2009 vintage
Taster #2428 · Apr 29, 2022
93/100
Dark sweet rich cherry with cinnamon and light spice
2009 vintage
Taster #9206 · Oct 24, 2021
94/100
Popped and poured. Lovely nose of raspberries, violets and garrique. The wine is medium to full bodied with delicious raspberry, black cherry, herbs and spice the wine finished nice and long with its oak now largely fully integrated. This is evolving nicely and still has many years to go.
2013 vintage
Taster #3880 · Jun 29, 2021
94/100
Still going strong
2009 vintage
Taster #2428 · Jan 25, 2021
93/100
Sweet rich dark cherry with spice and long finish
2009 vintage
Taster #8566 · Dec 14, 2020
94/100
Gorgeous wine. Easily beat an 04 Baron Pichon on this night. No contest.
2009 vintage
Taster #2428 · Nov 9, 2020
93/100
Dark sweet bing cherry with full body and long finish
2009 vintage
Taster #3727 · Jun 21, 2020
93/100
Ripe and rich but a bit monolithic
2013 vintage
Taster #2428 · May 1, 2020
93/100
very dark and rich with dark sweet cherry and great length
2009 vintage
Taster #0831 · Apr 24, 2020
95/100
Great finish, fruit still ve\ry primary.
2009 vintage
Taster #7172 · Dec 30, 2019
91/100
Super modern and concentrated pinot, wait 10 years for secondary development.
2013 vintage
Taster #1357 · Feb 14, 2019
95/100
Beautifully balanced, singing now.
2009 vintage
Taster #1045 · Dec 14, 2018
96/100
This is spectacular. Contrasting a couple of “big” California pinots I had tonight (it’s the weekend after all!) and comparing this with the Hartford Arrendell Pinot 2013 (excellent say 93 points) this, to me, is in a different class. Powerful, very California, bountiful fruit but impeccably balanced. Probably excellent for several years to come but no need to wait.
2013 vintage
Taster #3880 · Nov 4, 2017
94/100
Very rich for a Pinot but well balanced and has a vaguely sweet and long finish; however this doesn't detract over time as a sweet finish otherwise night--enough mineral to balance it. Very very good
2009 vintage
Taster #8624 · Feb 20, 2017
Corked
2009 vintage
Taster #8624 · Feb 20, 2017
94/100
Limited notes. Plenty of blue/purple fruits, great concentration and length. Delish!
2009 vintage
Taster #9032 · Nov 27, 2016
94/100
A lush yet tart modern Pinot that is quite tasty but needs another year to come into its own. Light purple in color, medium in body, nose of baking spices and dried strawberry. Tastes of black cherry, cranberry, thyme, and cedar, with a sour and lingering finish that still carries more tannin than I expected. 14.5% alcohol. Morlet does a fantastic job of producing powerful wines that are still graceful. This needed an hour to start showing real complexity, and …
2013 vintage
Taster #3657 · Jul 2, 2016
99/100
Big meaty Pinot with gobs of dark fruit and thick velvety mouth feel. This is your steak Pinot or big hunk of meat Pinot.
2013 vintage
Taster #8624 · Nov 28, 2015
94/100
This looked like Syrah when poured, dark purple - as dark as Pinot gets. Definitely a darker richer fruit profile, but served at cellar temp didn't come across as overdone. had a little "cotton candy" on the finish.
2009 vintage
Taster #2825 · Nov 12, 2014
93/100
A richer (rounder) pinot than I typically drink, but this one's a real pleasure.
2009 vintage
Taster #2825 · Oct 25, 2014
93/100
A richer pinot than I expected, but complex, balanced. Still a bit young. I should have aerated longer than I did.
2009 vintage
Taster #8822 · May 11, 2013
96/100
not like old style burgundy, more like a Leroy. One of the best Calif pinots i've ever had.
2009 vintage
Taster #2653 · Apr 18, 2013
94/100
Outstanding Pinot this is our favorite Pinot from Morlet Family. Elegant but complex for a pinot!
2009 vintage
Taster #9548 · Mar 10, 2013
94/100
Lovely Pinot. Can uses few more years when I think it could be a 96!
2009 vintage
Taster #2613 · Aug 14, 2011
95/100
A nicely structured pinot with plenty of body. Made the 07 Brewer Clifton next to it seem like a namby pamby wine. Perhaps could use a bit more time in the bottle.
2009 vintage
Taster #0992 · Jul 17, 2011
96/100
Notes of strawberries, cherries, and minerals. Really opened up after a couple hours. Great intensity, delineation and focus, more like a fine Burgundy than a California Pinot.
2009 vintage
Taster #1821 · Jun 10, 2011
95/100
This wine validates my very high opinion of Luc Morlet. It is uncommonly dense with a symphonic flavor profile. Quite enjoyable right now. Can't wait to sample his 2009 Joli Coeur.
2009 vintage