2012 Mount Eden Vineyards Pinot Noir
Despite being a relatively big and intense California Pinot, the 2012 Mount Eden is wonderfully balanced and still classically Pinot in every way—lots of red fruits, particularly raspberry & currant, backed up with notes of pepper and earth. Medium in body and acidity, it still has some time left to enjoy for a few years yet.
Excellent
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2012 Curly Flat Pinot Noir
An intense and very expressive wine, it showed a tremendous nose of floral and spice combined with a wonderful earthiness. Other than wanting the fruit to show a bit stronger, this wine has all of the components we love in a New World Pinot Noir.
Excellent – (Available at BC Liquor Stores for $50, plus taxes)
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2012 En Garde Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
Our first time tasting En Garde and we were suitably impressed with this wine. Medium in colour with a medium plus body it was fruit forward with cherry and spice on the nose, and secondary notes of vanilla. This is a big Pinot, definitely from the new world but also very much in balance maintaining an elegant quality. We will definitely be paying more attention to winemaker/proprieter Csaba Szakal’s offerings!
Excellent
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Most of us wine enthusiasts have harboured, either secretly or not, the dream of some day owning a winery. Cristom Winery, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, is the story of a man who actually pursued that dream and created one of the top wineries in the state.
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