2006 Windy Oaks Estate Pinot Noir Proprietor’s Reserve Schultze Family Vineyard- USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (3/18/2009)
Popped this and poured a little in a glass while letting the bottle sit open for a few hours. Lots of red cherry on the nose mixed with some slight floral notes and you can detect a touch of oak on the nose. Nice upfront acidity and the fruit takes center stage on the palate with a healthy dose of oak which, while fairly heavy, doesn’t overpower everything else and the complete package shows incredible balance from start to finish. Outstanding wine with a ton of potential for future improvement if you can keep your hands off them. (94 pts.)
My list has to have WH Smith and Sea Smoke in place of a couple of those but yeah… close enough.
It’s amazing that over the last year I have accumulated so much PN from so many mailers. I fell victim to “mailer madness” and recently had a moment of sanity and decided that I really need to drop off some lists and focus on my favorites instead of overpopulating my cellar the way it is now.