2019 J.C. Somers Pinot Noir Bella Vida Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  4/24/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Howard Ripley portfolio tasting: Restrained but screams 'quality' - a coolness and depth that would proudly situate it at the top end of the PC/ GC Burgundies a couple of tables down. Density, freshness - notes of decaying rose and dark roast coffee. Overall there's a sweet aromatic delicacy here, smooth and silky with well-judged acidity and tannin framing the fruit. Only demerit is a finish which is a touch insubstantial and abrupt.

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  2/25/2024 - bhoglund wrote:

  Light, dry, good taste, good finish. Arterberry Maresh like. Very old school

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  7/27/2023 - wlsch Likes this wine: 94 Points

  PnP. Cherry, cranberry, pie spice, sandalwood, some loam/earth under the fruit. Tight on opening, but glorious after 45 minutes. Incredibly intense nose, but still elegant and refined. Classic Dundee Hills red fruit. This is still fairly primary, but clearly has a ton of potential. Medium body, medium+ acidity, incredibly well integrated tannins. Great length. This has terrific balance for a younger wine. It has great structure to age, and while it drinks well now, but it's pretty clear the best is to come. This has everything it needs except for more time in the bottle. For me this will be best after 2026 or 2027, but it should easily go through 2035. This is really stellar. It's a wine that has a deeply rooted sense of place - classic Dundee Hills. Three more left, let's see if I can keep my hands off of them.

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