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2002 Marcassin Pinot Noir Marcassin Vineyard Sonoma Coast
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2002 Marcassin Pinot Noir Marcassin Vineyard Sonoma Coast

Producer: Marcassin
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Pinot Noir
Origin: California
Region: Sonoma

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95(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2005

Full, bright red-ruby. Knockout nose of raspberry, flint, spices, licorice and mocha; higher-pitched than the Blue Slide. Then big, broad, spicy and uncompromisingly dry; a voluptuously round, large-scaled pinot that's not yet as flamboyant as the Blue Slide. The most tannic of these 2002 pinots, but the tannins are outlasted by powerful, spicy fruit and mineral flavors. These wines have the texture and weight-not to mention complexity-of grand cru Burgundy

95 Points | Wine Spectator
98 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Pinot Noir

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