Novy Family Wines Pinot Meunier Van der Kamp Vineyard

I agree with the note below - definitely all cherry and spice, and little dried out on the finish. Food smooths the end out, and it's a great match with roasted poultry. This may be the start of the (slow) decline for this wine.

The cranberry that was present in previous bottles has disappeared. Cherry and spice now are predominant flavor. A little awkward on the back end.

Still cranberry, but sharper acidity and the wine is now leading and finishing with asian spice-box flavors. Screams for food, a little unbalanced without it. As the fruit fades a bit this wine is getting simpler, but is still delicious with slow cooked pork shoulder asian style with bok choy. Yum.

Age has decreased the cranberry and increased the spice & cedar; still with a moderate finish.

Russian River Barrel Tastings (Copain, Swan, Dutton-Goldfield, Balletto, Siduri/Novy) (Russian River Valley Vineyards) : Light cherry red color; black cherry and plum nose; tart plum palate with depth; short-medium finish (ideal Thanksgiving turkey wine)

Didn't take notes but we really enjoyed this. Nice refreshing acidity. Great food wine.

Opened with Thanksgiving dinner - no serious notes, but the acidity had receded somewhat from the last bottle 5 months ago. Enjoyable and delicious with the food, but tough to get a handle on the wine with all the fun we were having with dinner, and also tasted between to big, bruiser CA PN's. Looking forward to the next bottle with a little more contemplation.

Strawberry and cranberry, dusty on the edges, nice acidity and a clean long finish.

A hazy ruby in the glass, the first thing that hits your nose is the cranberry, strawberry and mint, underpinned by a minerality (strange to have that come through on the nose!), then if you hunt around a little more, there's some orange peel mixed with a piney earthiness in the background. As I taste this, I'm struck by how tart all the flavors are - they mimic the nose with strawberry (heavier in the mouth than on the nose), …