MacPhail The Flyer Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)

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Tipo

Red

Uva

Pinot Noir

País

United States

Região

Russian River Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Russian River Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201391 pts

  Let this burly, big-boned beauty open to fully enjoy its robust oak and fistfuls of black cherry, the oak showing in terms of toasty, slightly reductive aromas. A smooth texture keeps the wine flowing along a concentrated highway of power and ripeness.

• 201290 pts

  Intensely earthy, this wine hails predominantly from Susanna's Vineyard, a site in the heart of the Green Valley section of the larger Russian River Valley that's known for its elevation and coolness. Here, crisp raspberry and cherry do provide a sense of that coolness, but the…

• 201085 pts

  This Pinot tastes so oaky, it's like chewing on barrel staves. Notes of vanilla, buttered toast and the creamy-sweet flavor of oak sap completely overwhelm what otherwise seems like a good wine. This is a real outlier among MacPhail's other 2010 Pinot Noirs.