Pinot in 1997--Russian River Valley

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Bucko, They are amazing, and consistant vintage ot vintage. Ken also made some wonderful cabs from the Bates vineyard until they decided they could do a better job themselves. NOT! Also Ken has started making that marvelous Duriff ( His name for Petite Sirah ) again. Boy I`ve had some marvelous nites draped around one of those early bottles. Before Joe died I used to spend a lot of time with June and him on the screened porch in the back of the house and normally after our 2 or 3rd bottle Joe would go up front and dig under the front porch for some of his early treasures. ( This was before he expanded the garage and put in an actual storage area. I think his 75 Pinot is still one of my great wine memories. Winoweenie