TN: 2007 Navarro Vineyards Pinot Noir (USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino)

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  • 2007 Navarro Vineyards Pinot Noir - USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino (1/29/2010)
    Wow, this is a steal of Pinot for sub $20. Just lovely and drinks like most mid $30 CA Pinots. Nice nose of plum, vanilla, toast and baking spice. The palate hits you with more plum, red raspberries, a hint of a forest after the rain, vanilla and more spice. Rich fruit coupled with grippy acidity keeps things light and lively. Only downside is a little barrel spice/heat on the back end otherwise this is an excellent CA Pinot Noir…88-90/100 (88 pts.)

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thanks for the reminder about these guys. When I first heard about them, I wasn’t as big of a fan of the region for Pinot as I am today.

Any thoughts on their 06 wines?

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Tim. I don’t remember being too impressed w their 06 red wines. The white wines are always worth picking up. Year in and year out.

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They are really smart. They have a sampler pack for $59 with $.01 shipping that has an 07 chard, 07 dry gewertz and an 06 Pinot. What a great package to get folks like me to buy for the first time.

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As a former club member, I finally concluded the QCR factor* was pretty low…particularly on the reds.



*quality/cuteness ratio pileon

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I would see if you could do that sampler with another of he white wines or the 07 Pinot. Their white wines are among the best ca examples gewurztraminer riesling etc. The reds usually leave me lacking a little. That being said the 07 basic pinot is very tasty

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Disclaimer: we are still on the wine club. So I pretty much taste everything every year

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This was a real steal at $15.30/btl (club release price minus 10% cs. discount) and still great at retail of $19/btl. Navarro is my favorite qpr winery [dance-clap.gif]