Ponzi, Merry Edwards

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I personally preferred the regular (not sure the others felt the same). I think the reserve may have relied too much on use of wood or extraction or high alcohol volume. The regular seemed to me both fresher and fruitier in taste. In my experience (albeit limited) I sometimes find the reserve much more profound and complex as with the Robert Mondavi cabernet sauvignon compared to the regular c.s., but in this instance found myself liking the regular pinot noir better.
I bought three bottles following the Ponzi dinner and just picked up an additional bottle in D.C. (along with an Archery Summit Archer's Edge Pinot Noir).