AP Vin, Garys Pinot Noir, Central Coast
AP Vin · California › Central Coast › United States of America
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
91
/100
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20
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91.3
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94
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Taster #6097
· Apr 29, 2024
No tasting notes but drinking well... Company liked this so much that there wasn't any for me to try.
2009 vintage
Taster #8506
· Mar 29, 2024
94/100
Absolutely wonderful. Never disappoints and it’s 15 years old.
2009 vintage
Taster #8506
· Mar 17, 2024
94/100
Always a delight to drink. Even better the day after.
2009 vintage
Taster #9884
· Aug 20, 2022
92/100
92+ full throttle CA PN. Wonderful if you appreciate that style.
2009 vintage
Taster #9884
· Apr 18, 2022
90/100
Mikes bottle
2009 vintage
Taster #1145
· Apr 21, 2020
In a weird place. Still has fruit and alcohol, and nice signs of age, but somehow it's lost an overall presentation, so it's both sweet and old. Maybe I wouldn't have liked it younger anyway.
2009 vintage
Taster #6692
· Oct 1, 2017
90/100
interesting complex nose; great mouth feel; mixed red fruit, sous bois, clove, and earth. Interesting mix of mature ripe sweet fruit and earth/oak/mocha. The black tea/ slightly bitter cinnamony oak wins out as the fruit fades on the finish. Not a style i prefer, but it made me think instead of just gulp. BTW, i liked this slightly chilled before it warmed up (on a warm afternoon).
2009 vintage
Taster #4278
· Apr 30, 2017
94/100
Another outstanding effort that is drinking remarkably well right now. Red cherry, raspberry, and pomegranate fruit up front with a slight effervescent mouth feel to it. Mid-palate of spice, earth, clove, cola, and caramel. Great long finish to it, well done.
2009 vintage
Taster #0935
· Dec 20, 2016
90/100
Another taste from one of TLV's bottles. Aromas of ripe red fruit- cherry and raspberry- and warm spices. Flavors of cherry, clove and jammy red berry fruit with a subtle cola quality on the back end. Finishes with nice length. Very good in this style, one that I do not look for very often anymore. There's no doubt fans of this style will enjoy this much more than I. 90-91 pts.
2009 vintage
Taster #6616
· Dec 18, 2016
94/100
Gotten better with time. Drink now.
2009 vintage
Taster #6692
· Mar 5, 2016
92/100
New world big cherry with great fruit density; a bit of meat, fur,spice, funk and oak in a good way; just enuf acidity to carry it off. No spritz or heat. Easily able to tell this was a pinot and not a syrah, which is sometimes an issue with these wines. Not the kind of pinot i usu drink, but it worked with both the subtle fare on day one and the bigger meat on day 2.
2009 vintage
Taster #1271
· Apr 12, 2015
90/100
Brought to an Easter brunch and forgot to record my impressions. I do remember it met my expectations of the other bottle I had drunk months ago.
2009 vintage
Taster #2986
· Mar 19, 2015
92/100
PnP, wonderful nose of dark cherry, pomegranate, cola. The palate is very pleasant, with the nose carrying over completely and adding light baking spices. Many commented on the effervescence which is clearly noticeable and very interesting. A long finish caps off this very good new world pinot.
2009 vintage
Taster #4288
· Mar 18, 2015
92/100
Took to dinner at Bruno's and Lena's home. Drank as good as ever. Kudos to Andrew for his consistency in making great pinots
2009 vintage
Taster #0483
· Nov 30, 2014
86/100
spritzy- probably the best part. disjointed oaky creosote, rich cherry fruit.
2009 vintage
Taster #6539
· May 12, 2014
92/100
No sign of spritz, this had plummy cherry spice notes with a hit of burgundy funk, good body and finish. We drank PnP into Reidel burgundy glasses and developed great in the glass
2009 vintage
Taster #1863
· Mar 30, 2014
On unscrew and pour, this was spritzy. Right away or with air this was unbalanced with a weird mix of sweet fruit at times. Wonder if this bottle was off. 87-88 at best.
2009 vintage
Taster #1397
· Dec 18, 2013
93/100
Fabulous Pinot. Great central coast pucker with bing cherry.
2009 vintage
Taster #9724
· May 4, 2013
91/100
much better than my first bottle, although I only drank that one 8 months ago. good aroma that reminds you of a top pedigree pinot noir. had almost an effervescent quality to it. Good balance overall. I've had several Gary's Vineyard bottlings and I find them to be great pinots, if a bit overpriced based on the name?
2009 vintage
Taster #9724
· Oct 2, 2012
87/100
this is a good bottle if you enjoy heavy fruit, dark color and totally new world style. If you prefer a terroir based Burgundy style pinot than this is a disaster. The "pinot ness" of this wine comes out but not until the finish.
2009 vintage
Taster #3791
· Oct 2, 2012
91/100
Drank w Smitty/Issabell and Cheryl w dry packed scallops . New world for sure. Sweet cherry and berry palate. Excellent fruit with intense spice aromas after 1 hour decant. Everyone loved it, especially the changing spicy/perfumed aromatics. A new world Pinot but a very well done one if that is your style. Not sure 1 or 2 more years will do it any better (wont hurt) but for a new world pinot style this is very good now.
2009 vintage
Taster #8520
· Aug 23, 2012
Massive New World Pinot Noir. Practically tingling out of the gate. Candied fruit, not too much subtlety. On the palate, and after some time in the glass, this did calm down a bit. It gained some structure. Red berries, blueberries and a nice touch of cola. Not bad all around, but patience may be required. This needs to mellow out.
2009 vintage
Taster #4309
· Feb 14, 2012
88/100
Solid pinot, but too sweet for my tastes. Full throttle candied flavors - tasty, for sure - but a touch artificial due to the high residual sugar (?)
2009 vintage
Taster #2677
· Feb 8, 2012
Nice fruit on the nose and tart cherry mid palate, but there was a sweet finish with candied notes.
2009 vintage
Taster #5395
· Nov 24, 2011
94/100
An excellent pinot noir with concentrated fruit: cherry and raspberry with hint of spice, nicely balanced with great finish.
2009 vintage