2013 Adelsheim Pinot Noir Temperance Hill
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Dark red. Smoky and focused on the nose, displaying fresh blackberry, cherry pit and rhubarb qualities and suggestions of cola and lavender. Juicy and energetic in the mouth, offering sappy bitter cherry and dark berry flavors and an energizing suggestion of white pepper. Shows very good concentration as well as energy and finishes with solid punch, dusty, building tannins and a late cola flourish.
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Josh Raynolds
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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The 2013 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard was completely destemmed and sees 22% new oak for ten months. It has an intriguing bouquet, quite complex with brambly red berry fruit, cold black tea and bay leaf, more tertiary in style than I was expecting. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin that feels a little tough. This is a masculine Pinot Noir, grippy in the mouth; however, it needs to show more flesh on the finish.