• Smells of all spice, cedar, fire and smoke!
• Smooth texture with a great overall mouth feel.
• Sweet start with a dry medium finish.
• Tastes of charcoal, earth and wood with fruit undertones of dark berries and raspberry.
• Fascinating, deep and complex… like a book you pick up from a garage sale because you need something to read on vacation… yet once you start it you cannot put it down and it is more engrossing than the vacation itself.

• Smells of plumb off the nose.
• Deep dark and rich colors.
• Tastes dark fruit and spice with prune at the end.
• Out of the bottle it was very harsh, but much nicer after decanting.
• This wine is like a crazy Uncle that says a lot of outlandish things… yet every once in a while, comes up with a comment that really displays a lot of wisdom.

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• Aromas of earth and moss with wood undertones
• Earthy taste, with toasted oak.
• Very similar to the Cabernet which was unexpected for a Pinot.
• Non-typical Pinot, but very enjoyable.
• Not your typical Pinot, but typical of Cellar No 8 wines.  Rustic, hard and very masculine – like a Pinot on steroids.  It has the feeling of a female body builder, you know she is a women but muscles are way bigger than yours!

• Aromas were complex, interesting, and inviting.
• Scents of ripe juicy blackberry with a slight undertone of spearmint.
• Fairly dry but balanced quite well with flavors of fruit.
• Concentrated and deep and the blackberry aromas continue in the tastes.
• Medium to long finish that is very pleasant.
• Much smother in the mouth than the 2007.
• Great tannins and an excellent value for this price-point.
• Flavorful and interesting and at such an affordable price.  This wine is like walking into a store and finding a 50 dollar bill on the way in.  You go in and use that bill and feel so good because it feels like such a bargain.

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• Thin, bland and watery
• Slightest hint of red fruits such as cranberry
• Very one dimensional with a finish that disappears immediately
• Color is very light and the aromas are almost non existent.
• This is not what a Pinot should be….It is boring and ordinary, bordering on undrinkable.  It is kind of like being set up on a blind date and the girl that answers the door is attractive and alluring.  The only problem is she says…hang on I will let my sister know you are here and then down walks the ugly duckling of the family…ya want to be nice but you know this is not going to end well.

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