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Andromeda 2008 Pinot Noir by Sean Thackrey

This is just a gourgeous Pinot Noir made by the magician Sean Thackrey.The grapes are from the Marine County in California and the wine has quite a medium to dark red colour to be a Pinot.
On the nose is earthy with ripe red fruit, some chocolate and tobacco. Hints of dark cherries is also present.
This is a big, solid and very smooth Pinot with a beautiful balanced fruit. It's also an unusual Pinot due to the density and full body. It would be difficult to believe it's a Pinot if it was served in a blind tasting. It's thus perfect if you want to play a trick on your wine friends.

Price starts at 40$ and the 2008 can still keep for many years.


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