Anthill Farms, Peter's Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast

Still drinking well.

2017 vintage

Very similar to last bottle. Soft and elegant with raspberry, strawberry, even moving to boysenberry with a bit of tartness over a bit of soil. Lovely restrained CA Pinot.

2017 vintage

Oh this is pretty. Soft and elegant with juicy red fruits and baking spices. Acid driven and bright sunshine in a glass.

2017 vintage

Nice juice. No fading

2017 vintage

It smelled like a musty basement as soon as I pulled the cork. It blew off a little but not completely. Disappointing.

2017 vintage

Decangted for an hour. Deep nose and cherry fruit with bright acid and good depth. A touch of toasted oak on the long finish. Very nice pinot.

2017 vintage

Consistent with 6/30/2023 note, including (sadly) still lacking that last bit of flavor intensity. Still a lovely, elegant wine that I wholeheartedly enjoyed.

2017 vintage

Tart cherry and cranberry with older style

2010 vintage

Last bottle, this one much less good on the 2d day, somewhat less on the 1st. The nose and flavors are the same, harsher with tannin more evident, unbalanced against the fruit. I'm glad I drunk these up although I'm always curiosity of 'the end'. Can't wait, maybe you should.

2017 vintage

Big Juicy Red captured it so no need to expand, only to confirm. Today is the 2d half after on Argon of the 11th bottle from a case kept at 56F. Agree with the notes, hard to rate 92, easy 91 (but I'm picky on points). One more to go, my view no reason to hold.

2017 vintage

Really delicious, hampered IMHO only by a (perhaps) slight lack of flavor intensity. I bought a bunch of these on super sale and am loving them. Needs a good hour plus to open up, then soft and velvety mouth feel with a melange of flavors including wet earth, spice, savory notes, and maybe some red fruit and sour cherry. High acid, but not alcohol. Elegant, with good flavor distinctiveness, even though I can’t name them. Drinking very well right now.

2017 vintage

Over time I drank 8 bottles, this the 9th, 1st half of a bottle. Medium body, balanced (high acidity 'blows off'), medium ruby. Pleasant, persistent, cranberryish nose. Middle taste with pleasant mouth 'feel', sour cherryish flavors, above average finish ... nice, not memorable. Without looking at notes I may or may not have written (just checked, not written), this vintage isn't quite up to better years. What would boost it is more richness in the middle and a longer finish. …

2017 vintage

Brought to Marc and Anne's. Anne LOVED it. I only got a little sip. But we know and love these wines.

2017 vintage

I think jmull's 3/19/2022 note really nailed this one - at least for the bottle we enjoyed Sunday night with a Tomatoes white apizza.

2017 vintage

Heavier this time. With lamb excellent.

2017 vintage

Pale ruby. Restrained on the nose but notes of overturned soil and red berries. A bit of a kick on the finish. Feels high alcohol, but it’s not (13.4%). I don’t think I opened this too soon. Don’t know how it will evolve. I was expecting a bit more brightness, a bit more fruit. Still a bit of a tannic edge to it. Well made but a bit austere.

2017 vintage

Nice pinot with good nose and a smooth drinking.

2017 vintage

Lighter. Acid. Good good wine for lighter food. Nice

2017 vintage

This wine blew me away! It’s hard to describe all the nuanced complexity of savoriness, spice, fruit, earth, and flowers complimented by a wonderful salinity and minerality all packaged in great texture. I don’t know what it is but wow!! A few days later drove two hours to get the last three bottles of the 17’ at Party Source. Would love to try this next to their Campbell Ranch and Peter’s Vineyard bottling.

2017 vintage

Young and fresh but without tertiary flavor imo. Corked it then better day 2.

2017 vintage

Light bodied Pinot

2017 vintage

1/2 hour of air. light and feminine. Really freaking good.

2017 vintage

Typical Anthill Farms. Meaning, great with slightly tart cranberry notes. A mid-weight wine, with dusty cherry (good call MADEIRALEV) and pomegranate. Other CTers have said cherry cola and I get that. Very distinctive. An Antonio Galloni favorite of all the AF Pinots. This needs a minimum of 30 mins air and a slight chill and you're good to go.

2017 vintage

This is a beautiful Pinot Noir from an interesting relatively small producer.

2017 vintage

Very pale, and hazily transparent. Pretty nose of strawberry, earth and salty air. Medium intensity on the palate but a lot of elegance. Graceful Pinot. 92

2017 vintage

Peters Vineyard - lighter bodied, amazing nose with rose & cherry. Tart fruit and medium acidity.

2017 vintage

Refreshing. Medium-light body. Strawberry and a touch of cranberry. Medium plus acidity. Has a great amou t of salinity to it as well. Really elegant and not overpowering.

2017 vintage

Light bodied, raspberry, soft mouthfeel

2017 vintage

Might bottle exhibited some haziness, and more of a dusty garnet color. Flavors and aromas are typical of the varietal.

2017 vintage

Cherries. Bright acidity. Medium bodied. I think I opened a bit young, but it developed nicely over time in the glass. This may be better in 2-4 years.

2017 vintage

One year after the prior: Dark, savory, with good acid. This shows typical Sauvage/pomegranate character that we often get from this vineyard. Happily, no obvious cola — at most, only a hint, contributing to complexity. Very enjoyable over three nights.

2017 vintage

Sophisticated, nuanced old-world style pinot noir. Unusual aromatics reminiscent of dial soap (?), but in a good way if that makes any sense. Subtle notes of dusty cherry on the palate, and a lingering finish. It will be interesting to see how this one evolves over the next few years.

2017 vintage

10 months after the prior: again this was beautifully harmonious, with restrained and somewhat sweetish cherry fruit, backed up by refreshing acidity, providing backbone. A very friendly and enjoyable wine, holding beautifully over three nights. Bravo!

2017 vintage

“OMG. This smells so good.” This is a floral wine, nicely perfumed with pomegranate, blueberry pie, sage and cinnamon. On the palate, the fruit is almost sappy but nicely balanced by lively acidity and fine, silky tannins. The finish is long and brings in briny and stemmy notes.

2017 vintage

Bright garnet in the glass with some clarity. The nose is a bit restrained but shows notes of the cranberry to come. On the palate the initial experience is of fresh and tart cranberry, that continues through the entire tasting experience, along with cherry cola; underlying that fruit are pleasant mushroom and forest floor notes. The mild acidity and tannins are perfectly balanced, and there’s a medium finish. Our first Anthill but we’ll seek out more. Funny story, BTW. My …

2017 vintage

2+ months after the prior: enjoyably the same over three nights. And fortunately, no cherry cola for us!

2017 vintage

Not really to my taste. Well-made, but a bit too sweet, cherry-cola like to me.

2017 vintage

Very tart red cherry, along with earth and barnyard notes on the nose. Medium bodied (13.2% ABV) with red cherry and red berries both upfront and through the middle. Mid-body shows some nice roundness, but the tart qualities on the backside overpower much of the wine. Not sure if the wine is flawed or simply past prime. But having tried a 2009 last year, this bottle lacked in fruit and the acidity was out of balance. Given this vineyard's general …

2010 vintage

Bright, with pleasant hints of saline and forest pine. Nice acidity. A bare touch of funk adds interest. Lovely over three nights.

2017 vintage

Light, elegant, svelte. Resolved structure, with bright cherry, spice and earth notes. Really lovely wine.

2010 vintage

Bright, harmonious. Lovely and refreshing acidity that’s in quite perfect balance for us (we certainly would not want less) backs up a hint of sweet black fruit. Very enjoyable over three nights.

2017 vintage

A little too acidic. Nice finish

2017 vintage

Some funk, a little salinity and earth. I could tell it was good stuff, but I struggled to describe and would like to come back to it.

2017 vintage

Nice dark cherry, earthy minerals, subtle spice on the nose palatebis fresh and Persistent with a nice finish

2017 vintage

1t luft. Litt mørk profil på bærlukten. Nedlagte bjørnebær, bringebær, mandelessens, vanilje og vingummi - særlig cola. Smaken er mer mot mørk morell og bringebær, men også snev av cola, appelsinskall og billig marsipan. Kraftig og intens fruktighet på den mørke siden, god og rund syrlighet og medium minus tannin. Føler et snev av varme og alkohol. Ung vin og bør nok ligge noen år for å få frem sitt fulle potensiale. Jeg synes per i dag at konsentrasjonen går …

2017 vintage

Perfume, dark floral and dark berry, hint of heat on the nose, smooth, bright palate with good fresh acidity and medium length

2017 vintage

Typical Anthill freshness. Great time to drink this. Solid. (90)

2010 vintage

Pretty good, with some spice and bright fruit, but a bit confected. By day two it's pretty much gone.

2010 vintage

Has evolved from my first bottle 6 years ago. No longer flabby, this has the typical anthill flavor profile of sweet cranberry and cherry but leaning slightly towards the darker fruit side (for anthill). Not super high acid but now it's quite balanced. The nose is fantastic as well.

2010 vintage

Similar to a yr ago. Maybe a bit less fruity

2010 vintage

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