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Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Sta. Rita Hills Clos Pepe Vineyard 2010

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2010 Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Half-Bottle

Region: USA » California » Santa Barbara » Santa Rita Hills

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My name is Brian Loring and my obsession is Pinot Noir. OK, I'm also pretty crazy about Champagne, but that's another story. While in college, I worked at a wine shop in Hollywood (Victor's), where one of the owners was a Burgundy fanatic. So, my very first experiences with Pinot Noir were from producers like Domaine Dujac, Henri Jayer, and DRC. Needless to say, I found subsequent tasting safar... Read more
My name is Brian Loring and my obsession is Pinot Noir. OK, I'm also pretty crazy about Champagne, but that's another story. While in college, I worked at a wine shop in Hollywood (Victor's), where one of the owners was a Burgundy fanatic. So, my very first experiences with Pinot Noir were from producers like Domaine Dujac, Henri Jayer, and DRC. Needless to say, I found subsequent tasting safaris into the domestic Pinot Noir jungle less than satisfying. It wasn稚 until I literally stumbled into Calera (I tripped over a case of their wine in the store room) that I found a California Pinot Noir that I could love. But it would be quite a while before I found someone else that lived up to the standard that Josh Jensen had established. I eventually came to understand and enjoy Pinots from Williams Selyem, Chalone, and Sanford, but I really got excited about California Pinot Noir when I met Norm Beko from Cottonwood Canyon at an Orange County Wine Society tasting. I壇 made about 3 trips around the booths at the tasting without finding a single good Pinot Noir. So, being the open minded person that I am (remember I passed him up 3 times), I stopped at the Cottonwood booth. I was BLOWN away by Norm痴 1990 Santa Maria Pinot Noir. After a few years of attending every Cottonwood event and asking Norm 10,000 questions about winemaking, he offered to let come learn the process during the '97 crush. I checked sugar levels, picked, crushed, punched down, pressed, filled barrels, and generally moved a bunch of stuff around with fork lifts and pallet jacks! It was the time of my life... I was totally hooked. And even though I hadn't planned it, I ended up making two barrels of Pinot Noir. That was the start of the Loring Wine Company. What had started out as a dream 15 years earlier was now a reality - I was a winemaker! Read less

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Snooth User: aronowm2
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Vintage: 2008 02/23/2010

This wine is so smooth I almost slipped on it. It really tastes like a well-aged pinot from the 90's. Smells like a chilean pinot and sweet strawberries, tastes like an oregonian pinot. no aging potential which is fine since it already tastes aged as I mentioned before.

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Snooth User: RF Wino
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Vintage: 2006 01/09/2011

Rex from Joe. B.

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Snooth User: joshwoodward
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Vintage: 2005 05/15/2009

Less acid, juicy, very mellow.

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Snooth User: ddouty
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Vintage: 2005 07/09/2008

Fruity with a nice finish

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Vintage: 2012 09/15/2013

Loring Clos Pepe Pinot

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Source: JJ Buckley Fine Wines
Vintage: 2011 11/14/2013

High in ripeness and high in sweet fruit yet backed by a bounty of firm acidity Loring s Clos Pepe bottling starts out with lots of palatal viscosity and then tightens en route to a lengthy slightly coarse finish. More than most of its siblings it is a wine that is held back by its youth and if not especially friendly just now it has the structure and depth to commend a wait of some three to five years. Connoisseurs Guide.

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Source: JJ Buckley Fine Wines
Vintage: 2011 03/12/2013

High in ripeness and high in sweet fruit yet backed by a bounty of firm acidity, Lorings Clos Pepe bottling starts out with lots of palatal viscosity and then tightens en route to a lengthy, slightly coarse finish. More than most of its siblings, it... Connoisseurs Guide. A Pinot Noir wine from California in USA. 2011 Loring Wine Co Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard 750ml

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Source: JJ Buckley Fine Wines
11/14/2013

A trim pure and elegant style that offers subtle floral mineral and wild berry flavors that lose their velocity on the finish. Yet this is a refreshing and vibrant wine. Worth seeing where it goes. Drink now through 2019. -JL Wine Spectator.

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Source: JJ Buckley Fine Wines
05/15/2012

A trim, pure and elegant style that offers subtle floral, mineral and wild berry flavors that lose their velocity on the finish. Yet this is a refreshing and vibrant wine. Worth seeing where it goes. Drink now through 2019. -JL Wine Spectator. A Pinot Noir wine from California in USA. 2010 Loring Wine Co Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard 750ml

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Source: JJ Buckley Fine Wines
08/22/2013

A trim pure and elegant style that offers subtle floral mineral and wild berry flavors that lose their velocity on the finish. Yet this is a refreshing and vibrant wine. Worth seeing where it goes. Drink now through 2019. -JL Wine Spectator. Wine Spectator A Pinot Noir wine from California in USA. 2010 2010 Loring Wine Co Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard Pinot Noir 750ml

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Vintage: 2009 03/16/2011

Firmly tannic, well-structured and deeply concentrated, with a complex mix of dark berry, spice, plum and blackberry. Full-bodied and well-balanced, this is one of the most backward and promising of the young new Lorings. Best from 2011 through 2020.... Wine Spectator. A Pinot Noir wine from California in USA. 2009 Loring Wine Co Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard 750ml

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