TN: 2005 McHenry Vineyard Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard

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  • 2005 McHenry Vineyard Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (6/11/2009)
    Another bottle that is just a fantastic, balanced pinot. Medium purple color. The nose has some pine and orange zest. On the palate, a very soft entry and then it expands quickly - red fruit (cherry, strawberry, cranberry) with a touch of spice that lingers for a good bit before fading. An excellent pinot and an unbelievable QPR IMHO.

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Agreed. A Berkeley retailer turned me onto this pinot two years ago. And pinot isn’t something that floats my boat often. Thanks for the TN.

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Nice Jeff.
I thankfully jumped on this train in time to get some '05s. They are awesome as jeff has said here. The QPR is off the freakin charts at $27.
Can’t wait to get my hands on some more McHenry.

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I’m on the train as well. I’m not as big of a fan of the 06s as I am the '05s. But overall, I’m still scratching my head as to why they don’t have a bigger following.

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Are the selling the '06 direct?
I never asked Linda about the '06.

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'06s? I’m still waiting to hear back from Linda about getting a few more bottles of the '05. I’ll be buying the '06s - I’m sure, even if a step down from the '05s, they will be worth the money. Does anyone know if there be only an estate again, or will there be a Swan Clone back in the lineup?

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They simply don’t produce enough wine to gather enough followers together.

I love going by there on the SCMWA Passport weekends to taste in the concrete bunker.

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I tasted the 06 swan clone at an event, very nice and I agree absolutely worth the money and then some.

I saw in a thread somewhere that they still had 40 or so cases of the 05 estate.

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Not sure when they are releasing the 06…haven’t heard anything.

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Yeah. Linda sent out email, we’re waiting to see if our wishes are granted. I’d gladly take more '05.