2000 Martinelli Pinot Noir Hereford Corner

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  6/1/2006 - Pool Boy wrote: 91 Points

  Still very, very good. Sorry to see the last bottle go. 91 pts.

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  3/1/2006 - Pool Boy wrote: 91 Points

  Still very good but the fruit is not quite as vibrant as in the past. Time to drink up. 91pts.

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  8/6/2005 - Pool Boy wrote: 92 Points

  Drank at Corkage's dinner in August. Very tasty still. The cinnamon and other spice notes have become a bit more dominant. I love this stuff. 92 pts

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  7/2/2005 - Pool Boy wrote: 92 Points

  Had this with dinner with friends with a vegetable 'soup' and a fine pork roast 'concoction'.
  
  Still quite cloudy, this wine is still a lighter style that I think helps it shine. If wine is art in a bottle, I like to think of it as something like this. Sweet and macerated cherries (sugared?), there is more vanilla bean in it this go around and the toffee has faded a bit to the background. There additional spice that has entered the picture along with the cinamon but I couldn't place it. Fine balance and a super finish make me continue to rate this wine at 92 pts.

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  5/7/2005 - Pool Boy wrote: 92 Points

  My original note is basically spot on. I like it even more than the last time. 92pts.
  
  Whoa, what a difference. This wine was a favorite of Debbie's (and me too) when we had it first in May of 2004. Fortunately I was able to get more and it's still going strong. A cloudy violet, one expects a quite light experience as the color is not overly saturated. Smelling of sweet, ripe cherries and bits of toffee and heath bar, it's loaded with very fine tannins. These support a delicious montage of more sweet cherries, bits of spice, cinnamon, more toffee, a smidgen of vanilla and more. Enough acidity to baance it and a fine finish. Absolutely delicious, drink now. 91 TJ points.

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