2007 Patz & Hall Pinot Noir Jenkins Ranch
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A new offering for me, the 2007 Pinot Noir Jenkin's Ranch reveals aromas of apple skins, sassafras, underbrush, herbs, cloves, and subtle background oak. This is a medium-bodied, spicy, slightly tart style of Pinot to drink over the next 3-4 years. For the past twenty years, Patz and Hall has been one of California's finest negociant firms, accessing top quality fruit and vinifying and bottling their wines with minimal intervention. The following efforts represent the finest wines I have tasted from them in many years. Tel. (877) 265-6700
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Medium red. Aromas of plum liqueur, pungent red cherry, raspberry and rooty spices. Sweet, lush and round, with a slightly warm flavor of medicinal cherry. Today this comes across as rather closed down and in need of a bit more lift. But there's plenty of material here.