Rodney Strong Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2012, Sonoma County
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Critic Reviews (8)
Showing improved brightness this vintage and solid structure. It is a quite lovely, mid-weight, balanced pinot noir...
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Rodney Strong delivers a great showing with their 2012 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. At $25 this shows great value...
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This is a very typical Californian pinot, soft and fragrant with the ripe cherry and raspberry fruit aromas nicely...
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A ripe and generous, west coast style pinot noir, well within the regional context. Wood is a significant flavour...
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Rodney Strong has a very well-deserved reputation for great value pinot; the 2012 Russian River does not disappoint,...
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Big expression of Pinot Noir in high octane sweetness. Highly contested fruit to acidity tug with typical rusty,...
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Cedary oak notes, with very ripe black cherry. Warm climate, oaked style. Full bodied, a bit syrupy for Pinot Noir....
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Typical warm weather pinot noir from Sonoma. Shows the cassis, blackberry and chocolate notes, and slight acid bite...
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Community Reviews (2)
A touch sweet, creamy and heavy Pinot
Description: Medium light garnet to ruby in colour with a medium to medium+ intense nose. This wine features cedar, cherry pie, plum, rhubarb, dates and vanilla. Full body with low tannings, medium acidity and a fairly long length.
Negatives: Too sweet for me
Interesting Note: It seems like every second year Rodney Strong puts out a subpar Pinot, this vintage is it.
Drink now or in the next 2 years on its own or pair it with duck paté
Tasted: 4 Jan 2015
Score: 8.5/10, Value: 8.5/10 Total: 17/20
Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine: 3.5
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Perhaps waited too long.
We drink lots of Pinot noir.
Heavy, can taste the alcohol, does not taste like PN
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