2001 Goldeneye Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

[dananne]

Decanted an hour before pouring and throughout evening. Deep ruby color with purple flashes. Nose really filled the room with cherries, figs, cloves, and cinnamon. This one could go 3-5 easy, and if I had any more I'd wait. Didn't really start to show the flavors until the end of the evening. Nice chrry fruit at the core, and the red spices linger in the long finish. Proper weight and mouthfeel despite the somewhat high 14.5% alc. (I say that's high, but nowadays with Cali Pinot that really isn't out of line). This is a very good wine, but not one for which I'm going to run out and plop down another $50. For that amount of money, I'd rather have, say, 3 bottles of Patricia Green's regular Oregon bottling.

FWIW, WE 92.