2005 Loring Pinot Noir Gary's Vineyard - Loring Wine

I have enjoyed Loring's wines since the 2002 vintage. At their best they are fully flavored pinot noirs with last finishes. A their not so good (for my tastes), they can be a bit overdone with extracting and alcohol. The 2005 vintage has had some nice offerings in pinot noir and Loring's vineyard wines from 2005 are generally more to my taste - vs. the 2004's which were very full flavored but some wines were a little overdone.

I hate to generalize Loring wines by vintage as they have several single vineyard wines they produce, but I found several 2003 wines not to my liking. 04 was a very in your face vintage but very fun wines to just drink and get the fruit blast and the alcohol pop.

The 2005 Gary's delivers a bit of both.

Tasting Note

This was opened for 20 minutes and consumed over 1 hour. Dark smokey cherry aroma with a little maple aroma. Very nice nose.

The wine had nice acidity with forward tastes of strawberry, mineral and some cream. A little chalky towards the end, but that could subside with more time in bottle or glass.

89 Points

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