2007 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir Ten

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 90.3 points

• winediamondswa wrote: 92 Points

  Monday, April 12, 2010 - decant at 2:45. no sediment but could see some cloudiness. nose has spicey red fruit, briary raspberry/currant, a touch of blueberry, and minerality. much better than expected. 94-95pts for nose. palate has one dimensional very tart cherry. 85pts or lower, one of the most closed down wines i have ever come across.
  6:45 nose is still great, palate has opened just a touch. shows like a very burgundian styled pinot. the finish is acidic but is starting to broaden out a bit. not drinkable yet.
  9:15 nose is still the best part of this wine. palate seemes to be slowly building depth showing some tart blackberry with some greeness. finish is fairly long (25-30 sec) due to high acidity, showing the darker blackberry vs. cherry shown earlier. soft, well hiden tannins have built up and add to tartness to the wine. cork shows a light dusting of tartrate crystals which seems inappropriate for a young california pinot. maybe some tartaric was added to the juice?
  10:20 the wine is still changing, showing darker and more complex notes. a bit high in acid for my taste by does show an ever increasing complexity. has potential with age. currently nose- 95pts, palate- 91pts, finish-90 pts

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• tanglenet wrote:

  Saturday, April 03, 2010 - The Botella that I had last night did not show well so I thought I'd give this a try. An a incredibly young wine. The cork looks like it was put in yesterday and has that dryness and lack of seepage that shows youthfulness. On the palate: tight, bright, red tart fruit; shows oak with a tannic bite; a crisp and spicy finish. An hour later and its still dense like a newly cut log. Hard to judge at this point, but I'll give it a Good. Needs 2-3 hours of decanting or better yet wait 2 more years.

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• Fishboy wrote: 91 Points

  Saturday, March 27, 2010 - Deep ruby color with cola and cherry notes. Great nose but alittle hot on the palate. Will be interesting to see how this wine develops over the next couple of years.

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• bigdogflow wrote: 91 Points

  Sunday, March 07, 2010 - Dark color. Lots of cola and dark cherry on the taste. Medium finish.

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• jahlove Likes this wine. 91 Points

  Sunday, February 28, 2010 - At this point, I'd rather smell this wine than drink it. Beautiful nose, perfume for days, very complex. On the palate its huge and complex showing cola, sassafrass, blueberry, huckleberry. But its too hot and all over the place at the moment. The 90 plus score comes from the nose alone.

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