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9 notes

2022

Cirq Russian River Valley

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

A mix of red and black cherry, baking spices, pomegranate juice, cinnamon stick, and black raspberry, the 2022 Cirq is fresh and bright, but also hints at a haunting, darker shade that adds a layer…

Reviewed 24 August 2026
2015

Cirq Pinot Noir TreeHouse

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

Initial pull was a linear delivery of subdued red raspberry and pumice. With some air, additional notes of red and black cherry, graphite, strawberry cream, and faint bark emerged. Mid-palate…

Reviewed 27 January 2019
2013

Cirq Pinot Noir TreeHouse

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

All I can really say is that a side-by-side with a 1998 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses made this Cirq taste like licking Courtney Love's oxycodone-ridden…

Reviewed 30 June 2018
2013

Cirq Pinot Noir Bootlegger's Hill

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

PnP was a touch thin and linear initially. Two hours was needed to really bring out much needed depth and concentration, especially mid-palate. Once this started to get out of second gear, it…

Reviewed 1 January 2018
2013

Cirq Pinot Noir TreeHouse

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

It's good. It's better than the 2012. As my other half said, "I really liked it, and then it fell off a bit." Agreed. It held up for a couple of hours, but then it became a little bit blasé. It had…

Reviewed 20 April 2017
2012

Cirq Pinot Noir TreeHouse

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

Previous notes apply from 6 months and a year ago. An initial wave of very nice brambly purple and red fruit, and some hints of mulch, earth, brush, and river rock. The acid seemed low; the frame…

Reviewed 25 March 2017
2012

Cirq Pinot Noir TreeHouse

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

So a little bit of a different experience with this wine from 5 months ago. PnP started out with vibrant high-toned red berry fruit. Good flavors and a lot of energy. An hour decant at 54 degrees was…

Reviewed 25 September 2016
2012

Cirq Pinot Noir TreeHouse

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

Much more elevated and complex compared to tasting this a year ago. After about two hours in the decanter, this was pumping out very enthralling flavors of red and purple berry fruit, deep black…

Reviewed 30 April 2016
2012

Cirq Pinot Noir TreeHouse

Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

Tasted at the Cirq pickup event. Nose was somewhat muted, with unique mineral, wet slate and berry aromas. On the palate, a cool inward profile of purple and red fruit; plum, black cherry, dark red…

Reviewed 21 March 2015