2001 Marcassin Pinot Noir Blue Slide Ridge Vineyard
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Good full healthy red. Flamboyantly complex nose combines red cherry, mocha, sassafras, flowers, white pepper, smoke and earth. Full, sweet and rich, with similar acids to the Three Sisters bottling but considerably more stuffing. Wonderfully sweet, suave wine with superb flavor complexity and persistence.
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Fragrant aromas of damp earth, fresh mushrooms, gravel, anise, plums, and cherries emerge from the 2001 Pinot Noir Blue Slide Ridge, which reveals this vineyard’s distinctive perfume and singular quality. An atypical notion of herbaceousness is also present. Drink this gamy, rich, complex 2001 over the next 7-10 years. Tel. (707) 258-3608; Fax (707) 942-5633
Good full deep red. Bright aromas of dark berries and spices; more precise than the Three Sisters cuvee Silky on entry, then dense and mouthfilling, with lovely sweetness of fruit. Sappier and more sharply delineated than the Three Sisters. Finishes with dusty, fine tannins and excellent persistence.