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2005 Bluejay Pinot Noir Anderson Valley
Rated: 90
Yet another attractive new release from a winery that must now be counted among the leaders in Pinot quality, this wine comes with both richness and ripeness aplenty yet it never goes over the top and finds added interest from background glimpses of dried spices. Its tannins are a bit of a challenge for the moment, yet it can be counted on to age well or to be a willing partner to beef in rich sauces right now.

2005 Red Label Pinot Noir Sonoma County
Rated: 90
Nicely fruited aromas of red cherries and ripe strawberries gain ...

2005 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict Santa Rita Hills
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, May/Jun 07
Bright red. Intensely floral aromas of fresh raspberry and strawberry, with a sweet vanilla overtone. Supple, round and sweet, with fresh red berry flavors, silky tannins and excellent energy. Suave and open-knit pinot finishing with impressively persistent red berry flavors. 90 points

2005 Pinot Noir Peregrine Santa Rita Hills
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, May/Jun 07
Pale red. Vibrant, precise cranberry, pomegranate and wild strawberry aromas are lifted by suave Asian spices. Focused and pure, the bright red berry flavors showing a sweet quality and framed ...

Dallas Morning News names Roessler Cellars 2004 La Brisa Pinot Noir as one of the year's best wines awarding it with a silver medal....

Out of THREE STARS Roessler Cellars gets hot scores from the San Francisco Chonicle

TWO STARS 2005 Roessler Dutton Ranch Russian River Valley Pinot Noir ($38) Restaurateur Roger Roessler, founder of Swiss Hotel in Sonoma and Cuvee Napa in Napa, decided in 2000 to get into the wine business with 250 cases of a single-vineyard Pinot Noir. Since then the winery has grown to 4,000 cases, but it's all still single-vineyard wines from cool areas on the California coast. This ripe, concentrated wine delivers plenty of stewed cherry fruit with notes of soy sauce on the nose.

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Roessler Pinot Noir Mendocino Alder Springs 2004 {$42}
Graceful and harmonious, with generous, supple ripe plum, cherry and raspberry fruit, deftly balanced and finishing with complexity, length and just the right amount of tannins. Gets better with every sip. Drink now through 2011. 306 cases made. -J.L.

Roessler Pinot Noir Anderson Valley Savoy 2004 {$45}
Serves up a well-focused mix of black cherry and wild berry fruit that?s well-centered, balanced and elegantly styled, finishing with a wild berry and black cherry aftertaste. Drink now through 2010. 307 cases made. -J.L.

[b]Roessler Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast La Brisa Peay Vineyard ...

2004 Roessler Cellars Sanford & Benedict Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir ($46) Impressively deep and concentrated, it has well-defined blackberry, black cherry adn mocha, creamy oak adn a bright finish.
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Wine Advocate #168 (Dec 2006): This up-and-coming estate is aiming to produce 5,000 cases of single vineyard Pinot Noirs from cool climate sites in northern California as well as the Santa Rita Hills region northwest of Santa Barbara. Wells Guthrie of Copain is a consultant at this estate.

92 points- 2004 Roessler Cellars Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict Vineyard
My favorite of this quartet is the 2004 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict Vineyard, a Central Coast vineyard planted nearly 30 years ago. This stunning, deep ruby/purple-tinged Pinot offers sweet notes of plums, anise, licorice, black raspberries, black cherries, underbrush, and forest ...

2004 La Brisa & 2005 Blue Jay receive SILVER medals
http://www.winejudging.com/medal_winners_2007/402.htm ...

Roessler Cellars
Pinot Noir Anderson Valley Alder Springs Vineyard 2004
$42 Score: 94

Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast Kanzler Vineyard La Brisa 2004
$45 Score: 95

Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Dutton Ranch 2004
$38 Score: 95

Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Sanford & Benedict Vnyd. 2004
$46 Score: 94

Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast Griffin?s Lair 2004
$45 Score: 94

Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast La Brisa 2004
$28 Score: 94

Pinot Noir Anderson Valley Blue Jay 2004
$32 Score: 93

Pinot Noir Sonoma County Red Label 2004
$26 Smart Buy - Score: 93

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