Lost Canyon Widdoes Vineyard Russian River Valley Pinot Noir – 2006 – 8.9 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

This wine exhibits notes of coffee, braised red apple, and Mission fig.

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Londer Anderson Valley Pinot Noir – 2006 – 8.9 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

This wine has a plenitude of acid casing together notes of dried flowers, Oaxacan simmering spices and roasted red fruit.

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Dain Savage Juliet Anderson Valley Pinot Noir – 2007 – 8.8 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

This wine has notes of Boysenberry, bursting Turkish fig, ground cardamom, and sweet wood.

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Navarro Méthode à l’Ancienne Anderson Valley Mendocino Pinot Noir – 2005 – 8.7 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

This Pinot Noir from Navarro is well known but I am not romanced with this wine; mild cherry, cranberry, little pepper, spice, or floral notes.

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Anthill Farms Demuth Vineyard Anderson Valley – 2005 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

So far this is my favourite Pinot Noir from Anthill Farms; Demuth Vineyard in Anderson Valley produces this delightful 2005 Pinot Noir. This is a nice structured Pinot with each phase of taste controlled and even a slight crescendo on the finish. This wine presents with virtueous rose petal, cinnamon, filbert, oyster mushroom, and cedar.

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Woodenhead Wiley Ranch Anderson Valley Pinot Noir – 2004 – 8.5 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

This Woodenhead Pinot Noir is markedly different from it’s cousin Morning Dew Ranch. This finish on this wine was far less refined and had so little focus and was lost on the finish.

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Woodenhead Morning Dew Ranch Anderson Valley Pinot Noir – 2005 – 9.0 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

Woodenhead has a nice portfolio of Pinot Noirs and have a diversity of well regarded appellations. Anderson Valley cool, cool, cool for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Both of these grapes have never had it so good. The Pinot Noir exhibited generous acid, rose petal, black pepper, Turkish fig, evergreen forest, and ground clove.

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Goldeneye Anderson Valley Pinot Noir – 2003 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / Jaime Patricio Meléndez

This is a well put together Pinot Noir from one of my favourite appellations in California: Anderson Valley. This is not Napa or Sonoma or anywhere in California’s wine growing districts. Something about it is not Europe or California and that makes it special. The beauty of the landscape and the weather are pure delight. This Pinot Noir is a delight to the senses and the nose is captivating. This Pinot had the right amount of fruit; some baked cherry, shitake, some apple pie spice and a pleasant red pepper. This wine spends a gracious amount of time in the barrel and that is not a problem. The oak does not overwhelm this Pinot but gives it some tender care.

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