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2003 Marcassin Pinot Noir Marcassin Vineyard Sonoma Coast
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2003 Marcassin Pinot Noir Marcassin Vineyard Sonoma Coast

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

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97 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2006

Full red-ruby color. Knockout, superripe nose combines raspberry, blueberry, mocha and underbrush. Wonderfully sweet, fat and fine-grained; conveys the impression of volume without excess weight that characterizes so many of Helen Turley's wines, white as well as red. Offers outstanding palate coverage and finishes with mouth-staining persistence. For suavity and class, this pinot is in a league ahead of just about anything else being made today in California.

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

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