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A few comments from folks that have tasted my (soon to be released) wines:
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Anthill, Ladd, Breggo, Moshin, Benovia, Kindred, Woodenhead are new tries in '07 and worth watching.
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William Selyem, Radio Coteau, Rivers Marie, Siduri, Kosta Browne, Freeman, August West, Dain, along with newcomers like Kutch, Leigh Cellars and Ladd have all made incredible wines that we will be drinking and raving about for the next 10 years.
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WINES SCORING BETWEEN 9 and 9.5
2005 Ladd Cellars Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
WINES WITH A SCORE AROUND 9
2005 Ladd Cellars "Gap's Crown" Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast.
2006 Ladd cellars Pinot Noir (barrel sample), Russian River Valley.
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Ladd Cellars: Terrific wines from another up-and-comer
2005 Russian River Valley - nice, clean, bright dark cherry, good acidity, nice wine. 90
2005 Gap's Crown - great dark, earthy fruit, bit sweet but good balance overall. 91
2006 Moore - light/medium body, nice bright strawberry/raspberry/cherry, good acidity. Very nice! 92
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2005 Ladd Gap's Crown Vineyard Sonoma Coast - cola, cherry, chocolate 92 pts.
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2005 Ladd Cellars Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast Gap's Crown Vineyard
Colour: red hazy fire!
Nose:OH Strawberries! Rich, cool jucy style! Pepper and Strawberries was the name of the game!!! I love this intense ripe crisp Pinot Noir!!!! As it stood in the glass it gained some more earthy tones and mushrooms! This was velvet dream!
Taste: lush sexy red berries! More strawberry then medium-ripe red cheries and cranberry! the aftertaste was a more spicy/oaky style. I just wanted to drink it all the time!!! This was the second time Britt and I had this wine and it was just as good if not better this time! Mathias loved it too!!
94pts
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2005 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
91 points: Elegant and pretty medium body pinot. Rose petal, raspberry and red cherry. Wonderful nose.
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2005 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
Initially powerful truffled, earthy black cherry liqueur nose that settles down quickly in the glass to reveal pure, sweet red cherry, spice rack, strawberry, and light toasty oak. Medium bodied, very fresh tasting. Improved consistently as it sat in the glass, in particular the midpalate. My third time tasting it and the balance improves each time. A winner, though for my palate i'd give this another six months to let the oak integrate a bit further.
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2005 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
This wine needs about 1-2 hours decanting to show its stuff. Once it is open, it shows beautifully. It opens much more on the mid-palate than it does aromatically. It smells great right off the bat. I get light fruit coastal aromatics of cherry and light fruits on the palate will well integrated spice. The spiciness carries the wine into a long finish. A very well made pinot for the pinot lover.
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