'99 Brewer Clifton Julia's Vineyard Pinot Noir

jbembry 2Member

Had this wine at Bouchon in Santa Barbara on Mon. It was $75 off the winelist. It was decanted for 20 minutes prior to first taste. Tn is on the last taste at approx. 75 minutes decanted.

Dark garnet in color to watery rim. Nose is amazing with violets, cherry, and rosemary aromas. On the palate, this wine is gushing with black cherry, blackberry, sweet toasted oak, and earthy flavors. Tannins were shedding, firmer on the first glass. Finish is outstanding in length. Beuatiful Pinot that is masculine, yet not really a fruit bomb. jb Rating 94 pts.

jb

9/26/023:53 AM

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gmtinjapanMember

Well, jb, I guess that I either had a (a) bad bottle, or (b) it was way too young or in a dumb phase, or (c) I just don't understand this vineyard. Thanks for the notes!

9/26/025:03 AM

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seaquamMember

2000 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir Julia's -- a terrific Pinot from the Santa Maria Valley, still dark, though holding the decanter above a light shows it to be slightly cloudy with some serious flecks of skin floating through it, but that's all forgivable because this wine has a great nose of plum pudding, cherry jam, and violets; medium-to-full bodied, it hides its 14.4% alcohol completely in a palate-filling swirl of plum, cherry, spicecake, licorice, white chocolate, and faint earthy, mushroomy flavors that expand on the palate, with almost perfect level of acidity; long finish with light tannins and lots of fruit hanging on. A wine with a future, I think. App. 92-3 pts., maybe more in a couple of years.

11/2/047:43 PM

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