My second bottle of this vintage, and somehow not as impressive as the first one. Part of an American Pinot Noir night with 8 members of my wine group. It was opened, but not decanted for over an hour before pouring. It just tasted a little too young for me. All fruit, not much else. Around the 3 hour mark thought, it really opened up. I'll save my last bottle of this vintage for at least a year. As with a lot of Martinelli Pinots, it had a full body, a longish finish, and a great nose.
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I may actually be shorting this a point. I shared this with some wine friends and we had Duck Breast and citrus rice with duck and duck fat in the rice. This was an amazing match. I think the Wild Thyme vineyard is replacing the Blue Slide vineyard as my favorite Martinelli Pinot Noir. It is a big and bold Pinot with a great nose and a very long finish.
Served blind, I had a hard time getting pinot at first. Initially rather deep purple. Rich dark berried fruit, and rich dry fruit on the palate without a hint of sweetness With air, more pinot, but still quite dark fruited and more sweetness. Rather big, but hides its 15.1% behind a lot of fruit with nice balance. YFS
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Big aromatic Pinot, Sage, ripe berry, rich fruit But elegant enough to keep this refreshing. Really quite lovely and delicious if you like the style. YFS
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5/19/2024 - SMHalps Likes this wine: 92 Points
My second bottle of this vintage, and somehow not as impressive as the first one. Part of an American Pinot Noir night with 8 members of my wine group. It was opened, but not decanted for over an hour before pouring. It just tasted a little too young for me. All fruit, not much else. Around the 3 hour mark thought, it really opened up. I'll save my last bottle of this vintage for at least a year. As with a lot of Martinelli Pinots, it had a full body, a longish finish, and a great nose.
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3/3/2024 - SMHalps Likes this wine: 95 Points
I may actually be shorting this a point. I shared this with some wine friends and we had Duck Breast and citrus rice with duck and duck fat in the rice. This was an amazing match. I think the Wild Thyme vineyard is replacing the Blue Slide vineyard as my favorite Martinelli Pinot Noir. It is a big and bold Pinot with a great nose and a very long finish.
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4/13/2021 - kenthecpa wrote: 96 Points
Eating on the beach on Fort Lauderdale Beach!
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5/5/2020 - cos65 Likes this wine:
Served blind, I had a hard time getting pinot at first.
Initially rather deep purple. Rich dark berried fruit, and rich dry fruit on the palate without a hint of sweetness
With air, more pinot, but still quite dark fruited and more sweetness. Rather big, but hides its 15.1% behind a lot of fruit with nice balance.
YFS
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3/25/2020 - cos65 Likes this wine:
Big aromatic Pinot,
Sage, ripe berry, rich fruit
But elegant enough to keep this refreshing.
Really quite lovely and delicious if you like the style.
YFS
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