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Wine Review: Landmark Vineyards 2021 Grand Detour Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast, CA

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by Andrew Chalk


If you love pinot noir, or want to sample a really alluring example, try this wine. It shows its fruit impressively in the nose and on the palate. Ready to drink now try it with pork, duck or other game birds.


Detailed note below but, in one sentence: This is a beautiful wine.


TASTING NOTES

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Landmark Vineyards 2021 Grand Detour Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast CA


COMMENTS

APPEARANCE


Clarity

clear

Intensity

Medium

Color

ruby





NOSE


Condition

clean

Intensity

medium plus

Aroma Characteristics

Red plums, raspberries, tomato leaf, thyme,bread crust, cloves, leather, mushroom, forest floor



PALATE


Sweetness

dry

Acidity

medium plus

Tannin

medium.chewy

Alcohol

medium

Body

medium plus

Flavor intensity

medium plus

Flavor characterstics

Red pl.ums, raspberries, tomato leaf. Cloves tomato leaf.

Other observations

Open fruit fills the mouth. Label alcohol is 14.4% but the wine does not come across as that alcoholic.

Finish

Mediu Plus



Quality Assessment

Very good

Bottle aging

Suitable - maybe up to 5 years

Sample.

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