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N°7 Pinot Noir Reviews
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Score: Gold | May 19, 2016 | Dan Berger's International Wine Competition
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Score: 91+ | March 4, 2016 | Wine Advocate
The three Pinot Noirs I tasted include the 2013 Pinot Noir No. 7 from Sonoma Coast. It shows a dark ruby/plum color and loads of red apple skin notes intermixed with cherry, strawberry, a touch of raspberry, earthiness and spice. The fruit is pure, rich, medium to full-bodied and promising. This is a youthful wine that should drink nicely for up to a decade.
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Score: 89 | September 1, 2015 | Wine Enthusiast
Fulsome and voluptuous in red and dark cherry, No. 7 is meant to be “debonair, charismatic and seductive.” It is all those things, and stays well balanced between fruit, spice and oak, the weight and texture indeed silky and seductive.
— V.B.
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May 8, 2015 | Riverside International Wine Competition
Chairman's Award
Unanimous Gold
Clean, elegant freshness, with a long, lingering finish.
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Score: Silver | February 2, 2015 | South Walton Food & Wine Festival
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Score: 90 | April 1, 2014 | Wine Enthusiast
JCB's pinots are gradually becoming more impressive over the years. This '11 isn't their greatest effort given the huge difficulties of the cold vintage, but it is a success. Brisk acidity and a clean, dry mouthfeel make the raspberry, red currant , white pepper and sandalwood flavors attractive to drink now.
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Score: Gold | February 6, 2014 | American Fine Wine Competition
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Score: Silver | September 30, 2013 | Sonoma County Harvest Fair
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Score: Double Gold | February 1, 2013 | American Fine Wine Competition
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Score: Gold Star | November 1, 2012 | Santé
Opulent and complex showing dried cherry, ripe tree fruit, black tea, and spice, with hints of mushroom and earth. Long, silky finish. Delicious. Grilled squad with chanterelles.
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Score: 92 | June 30, 2012 | Wine Spectator
Young, with a mix of generous boysenberry and oak in a complex, layered effort, gaining a pleasing melted black licorice aftertaste and letting the oak ease its way tin to the heart of the wine. Best from 2013 through 2022.
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Score: Gold Medal | June 26, 2012 | Riverside International Wine Competition
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Score: 91 | June 1, 2012 | Wine Enthusiast
This is a rich, delicious and balanced Pinot. It defines the modern California
style, being dry, silky and ripe, showing a wealth of raspberry, cherry, cola, persimmon and spice flavors. Oak adds rich notes that are perfectly in keeping with the fruit. Drink this savory wine over the next few years.
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Score: 90 | April 30, 2012 | Wine Spectator
A stylish statement, reliant on equal parts dense, mocha-laced flavors of currant and dark berry, joined by creamy, vanilla bean-tinged oak. Extracted, dense and concentrated, this maintains its chewiness through the finish, where it takes on a more rustic presence. The inaugural Jean-Charles Boisset Cabernet. Best from 2013 through 2023. 50 cases made. –JL
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Score: 92 | April 18, 2012 | Wine Spectator Insider
Young, with a mix of generous boysenberry and oak in a complex, layered effort, gaining a pleasing melted black licorice aftertaste and letting the oak ease its way into the heart of the wine.
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Score: Gold Medal | February 29, 2012 | US National Wine Competition