Rivers-Marie, Summa Vineyard Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast

Pulled because of recent notes suggesting this was on a downward slide. Not for us. Consumed over two evenings, sealed with vacuum pump. Held up well with note from second night. This is lively and expressive. Juicy black cherry, dark raspberry, hints of soil, charcoal and cola. Tannins are fine and integrated but help counter balance the juicy fruit. Very enjoyable.

2017 vintage

My bottle was exactly as BEEZ described. Really great California Sonoma Coast Pinot. Smooth as silk on the finish. Truly a wonderful pairing with Xmas dinner

2017 vintage

Drink it now. This one seems on the far side of the bell curve. Still some life left, but trending towards jammy fruits dominated by tart cherries and plum. Maybe a bit of sweet hay on the nose with a touch of vanilla. Paired with chicken pot pie and roasted asparagus and it was a nice combo — didn’t overwhelm the dish and the tart berries complemented the sweeter flavors of the meal. But I don’t think this has much …

2017 vintage

A little musty on the nose and palate. Plenty of juicy red fruit. In a good spot.

2017 vintage

Drinking very well. Plush red berries with great balance. Not at all heavy or blousy. Enjoyable CA Pinot Noir.

2017 vintage

Lovely pinot! Wonderful sour red cherries, floral, and earthy notes on the nose and palate with hints of orange peel with a long lingering sappy finish.

2017 vintage

Pop and pour. Served in a Josephine stem. Nice ruby garnet color. Nose offers red berries, touch of pine needle and dried orane peel. Good bright fruit intro. There is a slight burnt orange peel note of bitterness on the midpalate. Enjoyable. Wine is starting to show its age, suggesting that the sweet spot may have been one or two years ago.

2017 vintage

Delicious slightly sour red cherry and raspberry aromas and flavors with lovely earthy and spice notes. Long finish with refreshing acidity. Beautiful pinot!

2017 vintage

As delicious as the last bottle!

2017 vintage

A dynamite Pinot. This bottle seemed a touch more fruit-forward than the bottle drunk last August (2024), though it.couldve been attributable to difference in temperature. The wine provides a sense of being considerably concentrated, full-bodied and intensely flavorful.

2017 vintage

Long decant, slightly tired nose, definite cherry notes on finish. Sadly think 2017 was when platt started to struggle from lack of attention. It’s decent, but not a platt from 10 years earlier

2017 vintage

Typical very solid TRB wine.

2017 vintage

As delicious as previous bottles!

2017 vintage

Tasty ripe red cherry and raspberry aromas and flavors with earthy and spice notes. Moderate long rustic finish. Prefer Silver Eagle in it's youth.

2017 vintage

Thick, deep blue fruits on the nose. Blueberries, cherries, big fruits and syrup on the palate. Big. Balanced. Terrific.

2017 vintage

This is just really great drinking right now. Phenomenal nose and beautiful long-lasting finish. Both this and the Old Vines are definitely favorites of mine...

2017 vintage

This wine 🍷 was absolutely singing tonight. Perfectly balanced with notes of black cherry cola, spices, cranberry, and a balanced and beautiful finish. My only bottle and it made me wish I bought more.

2017 vintage

As others have noted, the flavor profile is on the darker end of the (cherry) spectrum. This should continue to age well - while tasty now, it seems to have the stuffing to drink well until at least 2030. It was a decent pairing with grilled shrimp tacos.

2017 vintage

Black cherry and black raspberry notes on the nose. A bit over medium bodied (14.4% ABV) with dark red cherry, moving to black cherry through the middle and supported by black raspberry. The fruit notes, especially through the middle showed very good expression. However, overall density was slightly less than some prior vintages from this vineyard site. Fine grained tannins along with minerals and earth on the back and through the finish. As other reviewers have noted, this is a …

2017 vintage

Cherries, red apple, cranberry, violets, new leather, nasturtium. Silky, elegant, excellently balanced and structured. Beautiful ruby, medium body, medium plus acid. What an awesome American Pinot.

2017 vintage

Popped into the decanter and drunk over next couple of hours. Nice fruit, decent acid and some earth and citrus

2017 vintage

Delicious ripe sour red cherries, floral, and spice notes on the nose and palate culminating in a long finish.

2017 vintage

Seems a bit subdued yet, as if there are better days ahead. Delicious fruit and the Rivers-Marie character that make this wine special. Drank over several days with similar impression and the last day was the best.

2017 vintage

Wow! Totally amazed that I was able to hang on to this last bottle for an additional 3 years and 6 months from the date I opened the previous one! This is the last bottle from this vintage. In August 2020, I had mentioned that this one seemed like it was ready to go but did benefit from bottle decanting. This baby was a rock star from the moment the cork was popped! No, not all 2017s are lame ducks. …

2017 vintage

Drinking beautifully but still has room for development. WOTN.

2017 vintage

Rich, delicious dark strawberry fruit with bright citrus acidity, excellent structure, long finish, seems darker than most Rivers-Marie pinots

2017 vintage

This wine was really good. 6 years is a great age!

2017 vintage

Elegant and supple mouthfeel, with soft sweetness on the palate coming from red fruit, rhubarb, and watermelon along with a pleasant herbal/stemmy element. Medium concentration and acidity. A very solid pinot.

2017 vintage

Dark and cloudy. Mixed berries. Really good stuff. Sorry it’s my last bottle.

2017 vintage

Excellent but Give this 1hour to open up

2017 vintage

Gorgeous bottle of Pinot. Hitting its prime right about now. Berries a little earth/mushroom and velvety tannins. Full mouthfeel and lingering finish. Strong...very strong.

2017 vintage

Undervalued and under-appreciated. This is a fantastic RM Pinot, strawberry/dark berry mix with mild spice box. Great mouthfeel and complexity, plenty of fruit to give. Medium to long finish. Moving towards 94.

2017 vintage

Still maybe a bit closed? Save the last one until 2026?

2017 vintage

Pretty tightly wound on opening so needs a minimum of 2 hrs air to smooth it out. Classic RRV/Sonoma Coast Pinot, black cherry spice and licorice flavors, elegant, not a bruiser, complex, loved it.

2017 vintage

Decanted about an hour. Nice nose and usual pinot flavors (tobacco, cedar etc), just lacked a bit in depth - a bit on the mild side. I doubt the next bottle will change but will see what happens with the last one of these.

2017 vintage

PnP. Drinking beautifully at age 5 in this precocious vintage. More enjoyable than the old vines at this point but that has more complexity and depth.

2017 vintage

Love the nose with moderate fruit

2017 vintage

Excellent supple red fruit with a lightly candied edge (not a negative). Favors the brighter side of red - cranberry, watermelon, cassis but with that soft sweetness. I can see the orange peel some people mention. This is not a typical California Pinot Noir although clearly NOT Burgundy in any way. Just different. Not spicy. Not stemmy. Not earthy. Drinking well now. I see no reason to wait on this.

2017 vintage

Delicious. No detailed notes, but really good. Notably better than the last bottle a few months back.

2017 vintage

Gorgeous red fruit.

2017 vintage

Tart red cherry on introduction, but the tartness also seems to have an orange tinge--very intriguing. Under the rear palate, it seems that all kinds of things are going on: suggestions of bubble gum (?) garrigue, baking spices--quite complex. A medium-bodied wine--as one might expect--with a very elegant mouthfeel.

2017 vintage

excellent over several nights and best at the end as wine fully opened...very nice

2017 vintage

Didn't like as much as the last time we had one of these. Solid, but lacking sophistication for the price point.

2017 vintage

Ripe dark fruit and earthy undertones. I was suprised how closed this was. Still a lot of promise in a few more years.

2017 vintage

This is one of the better Rivers-Marie pinots I have ever had. I drank it over two days (my plan was to stretch it out over 3 days, but it was so damn good that it didn't last that long!), with day 1 being light and lithe. Load of fresh strawberry, cherry, and just enough acid backbone to balance the fruit. By day 2, the depth and mid-palate had really filled out (or filled in?) and was a lot more …

2017 vintage

I had this as part of a New World Pinot Noir tasting with my wine group. While many of the group really liked this, I felt it needed at least another year of aging for the fruit to mellow out. Still it is very good, right now.

2017 vintage

As tasty as the last bottle.

2017 vintage

Outstanding tonight. Medium weight with loads of red fruits, cherry, raspberry and plum; classic citrus note. Some savory flavors also as well as spice. Bravo! If scoring, 94-96.

2017 vintage

Took about two hours to really open up. It was another excellent wine by TRB!!

2017 vintage

Nice PNP. Just not what I find to be a particularly memorable wine.

2017 vintage

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