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2005 Ambullneo Mastiff Cuvee Pinot Noir $59.90!!

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93 Points from Wine Enthusiast:

"This is one of the larger, more imponderable Pinots I’ve tasted this year, meaning that it has the heft of something from the Rhône, perhaps a Grenache, although it never loses Pinot’s silkiness. It’s tremendous and forward in jammy cherries, raspberries and cola, and while it’s dry, it has the sweet finish of an extremely ripe wine. Enormously complicated, it’s an eccentric Pinot, but one you’ll probably reach for again and again. From the esteemed Hyde and Hudson vineyards." (5/1/2007) The 2005 Mastiff Cuvée presents an opulent, garnet hue in the glass like its predecessor. On the nose, it is again, very much a Mastiff with loads of raspberries, black cherries and baking spices. On the palate, the wine's core explodes with black cherry, ripe black plums and hints of blueberries and raspberries enveloped by subtle notes of vanilla bean and nutmeg that extend on a long, sublime finish. The 2005 Mastiff, though not as unctuous, delivers the same, hedonistic pleasures as the 2004. 

wine tasters notes

—Robert Parker

—Wine Enthusiast