These two were served as mystery wines at the end of my tasting Wed night:
13. Jaffurs Mistress PinotNoir SantaMariaVlly (68% SolomonHillsVnyd/32% BienNacidoVnyd; 140 cs; 13.3%)
SantaBarbara 2011: Med.light color; rather pencilly/toasty/oak strong cherry/PN/spicy/bright very attractive nose;
lightly tart rather toasty/pencilly/oak/bit Burgundian bright/spicy/PN/cherry/black cherry slight earthy flavor
w/ light smooth/graceful tannins; very long spicy/bright/PN/cherry/black cherry bit earthy strong pencilly/toasty/
Burgundian oak finish w/ light supple tannins; quite a pretty Pinot that's really improved over the last few yrs.
$37.00
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14. Donum PinotNoir EstateGrown/RRV (14.4%; www.TheDonumEstate.com) SantaRosa 2008: Med.color; fairly strong blackberry/Syrah-like rather herbal/thyme/rosemary slight black cherry interesting nose; soft/fat bit alcoholic some blackberry/Syrah-like/black cherry strong toasty/oak bit hot/fumey slight herbal/thyme flavor w/ some hard/drying tannins; very long blackberry/Syrah-like/slight black cherry/ripe slight herbal/thyme rather toasty/charred/oak finish w/ some hard/drying tannins; speaks more of Syrah than Pinot; starting to dry out a bit & not going anywhere probably; quite pricey at $68.50
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More blabberings from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. Pinots: These two were served as mystery wines and I told them they were the same variety. Most easily got the
Jaffurs as a Pinot. But most thought the Donum a Syrah...so they wern't quite sure what the mystery variety was.
Tom