My first ‘pobega’ of the season.
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2015 Rivers-Marie Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (3/23/2017)
This has become one amazing Pinot Noir that defies all logic when it comes to it’s price-point and stature among it’s siblings. On nose alone if you do NOT spot Sonoma Coast you had best go back to Zinfandel. Deep dark cherry cola and sassafras rue the day. Palate shows a chewy multi-textural wine with what I can almost have to believe shows much qualities of what is above it on the River-Marie Pinot ladder. I don’t even need to read it’s make-up to spot some real greatness but what the good people at RM have done is created a net-sum of all the great things 2015 has given them pinot-wise and quite possible even outdone all the years past in what they have given us for thirty dollars, a densely fruit laden Pinot with so much goodness, it is hard to imagine one-upping it going forward, but I am comfortable knowing no bar is too high. Black fruits of black raspberries and black cherries really command your attention and it’s almost like a wedge of unctuousness had been placed into your mouth demand you to say ‘oh yeah’. Pure and big boned with tons of life ahead, this is gonna be awesome tomorrow which means it will be late summer before I even touch another and these are usually gone by July. Great job on these. (93 pts.)
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