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2008 Samsara Pinot Noir Melville Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills
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2008 Samsara Pinot Noir Melville Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills

Producer: Samsara
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Pinot Noir
Origin: California
Region: Central Coast
Appellation: Santa Rita Hills

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93 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2010

($46; 50% whole clusters) Full red. An exotic, pungent bouquet displays scents of black raspberry, cherry-cola, Asian spices and nori, with a strong floral overtone. Round, seamless and sappy, offering sweet red and dark berry flavors that gain intensity with aeration. Powerful but light on its feet, with superb finishing clarity and resonating rose and cola notes.

94 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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