'03 Loring Gary's Vineyard Pinot Noir

[Brian_Loring]

Here's what Jim Laube at Wine Spectator wrote last week:

LORING Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands Garys' Vineyard 2003 90 Points

Intense and tightly focused on a juicy core of ripe, racy, zesty wild berry and blackberry fruit. Excellent balance, depth and concentration, with the tannins in the right proportion. Finishes with high-toned berry fruit.


Here's what I wrote in my mailer:

This wine is a bit earthier than any of my previous vintages of Garys', but it still has that "sweet fruit" thing going for it. I like it about the same as the 2000, but not quite as much as the 2002. My grade: "A-"

I've opened quite a few of these over the past 3 months, and I'm starting to like it more than when it was first bottles. It's "grown" on me to where I like it as much as the 2002.

Compared to the Clos Pepe, the Garys' will usually seem "sweeter", and will show more cinnamon and asian spice notes on the nose than the Clos Pepe.