Wine Doctrine
2013

Wren Hop Pinot Noir Architects & Saboteurs

Tasted 22 October 2016 Central Coast · Sta. Rita Hills

Same as my notes from August and before. Almost as good as the Daughters of Earth, with just a tad less in terms of layered complexity. Wins huge points for power and intensity, and the most full-bodied of the whole…

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22 February 2019 Held up great over the course of two days. A decent amount of power and fortitude, but balances-out with spicy, ripe, and saturated black and red… 8 March 2018 Previous notes apply. A massive Pinot with a massive attack of ripe black and dark red core fruit, glycerin-laced blackberry and black cherry,… 2 July 2017 From Magnum. Previous notes apply. Pretty boozy on the PnP, but fanned out nicely after some air time in the glass. A big, rich, spicy style, but… 20 May 2017 Same as my notes from last month. We had this wine at the after-party (or rather, the party), after leaving Wren Hop. It started out a little boozy,… 3 April 2017 Same as all of my other previous notes on this wine. I'm certainly a fan. Up there with the best Wren Hops I've had. Up there with one of the best… 15 August 2016 Same as my tasting notes from almost a year ago, except that this has clearly evolved in the bottle even better since October 2015. Dark black… 18 October 2015 Tasted at Wren Hop alongside the new 2013 lineup of Pinots.
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