2017 Martinelli Pinot Noir Bella Vigna

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  10/22/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: 88 Points

  Cooked fruit and candid plum, mineral layer, but over-ripe or over-extracted clearly. The palate with sweet dark cherry, good tension and length. Balance is ok and admittedly quite enjoyable to drink, but not more than 5 years left I reckon. What is interesting that out of 3 times tasting this, the first bottle felt much fresher, but the last two were too ripe.

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  12/31/2022 - travelme Likes this wine: 91 Points

  My lone bottle of this vintage. A great wine that had a nice nose cherry with a palate of cherry cola, spices, and just a hint of oak. Balanced with good acidity. An excellent bottle…now onto the 2018’s for this bottling.

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  6/7/2022 - sirpat00 Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  Scents off soy sauce fresh out of the bottle. Meaty, extracted and pretty fat. Palate is round with a soft texture, but also underwhelming and over extracted - which is remarkable as completely different from the previous bottle from the same source.

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  6/3/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points

  Not decanted and none needed. Red cherry and sour cherry and fruit-forward overall with meat and smoke layers. Quite similar on the palate; fresh and fruity, harmonious and light with a tickling, spicey finish. Rather simple from a complexity perspective at first, but you‘ll also discover sweet notes of vanilla and cotton candy over time. Highly recommendable. 93+

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  1/7/2022 - wcf1946 Does not like this wine: 82 Points

  Drank over three days. Disjointed unbalanced flavors. Nothing to like about this. I'm sticking to Martinelle Zins......they are great.

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