Hosts: Laura, Betty and David
SWA Group Office, Sausalito
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This Northern Hemisphere Pinot Noir Tasting (excluding France) concludes the Cellar Society global challenge of Pinot Noir. It started on August 12, 2023 with French Pinots at the Mill’s. Then the Southern Hemisphere on November 11, 2023 at the Gibson’s.
The results: The Roserock and DuMol tied with 76 points. Each had 4 first place votes, but the Roserock won with 3 second place votes vs. 2 for the DuMol.
| Rank | Points | Wine | Price | Bottle |
| 1 | 76 | 2021 Roserock Pinot Noir by Drouhin Oregon Zephirine, Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon (4 first place votes, 3 second place votes) | $65 Wine.com | 6 |
| 2 | 76 | 2021 DuMol Pinot Noir Wester Reach Russian River Valley (4 first place votes, 2 second place votes) | $75 K&L | 4 |
| 3 | 80 | 2021 Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills Willamette Valley, Oregon | $48 Wine.com | 8 |
| 4 | 87 | 2021 Failla “Occidental Ridge Vineyard” Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir | $80 K&L | 3 |
| 5 | 91 | 2021 Cobb “Rice-Spivak Vineyard” Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir | $90 K&L | 2 |
| 5 | 91 | 2021 Mindego Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz, California | $58 Winery | 5 |
| 5 | 91 | 2021 Ponzi Laurelwood District Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon | $40 Wine.com | 7 |
| 8 | 92 | 2021 Three Sticks “Gap’s Crown Vineyard” Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir | $70 K&L | 1 |
Enrico’s dinner of red wine braised short ribs with mashed potatoes and carrots, butter lettuce salad with pears, blue cheese and candied pecans, and tiramisu did not disappoint.
Pretasting Wines:
A: 2018 Canaan Winery Pinot Noir, Huailai County, China. JS 92. $52
B: 2021 Belle Glos Dairyman Vineyard Pinot Noir Russian River, Sonoma County. TP 94. $50
C: 2018 Weingut Friedrich Becker Shweigen Pinot Noir, Pflaz, Germany. WE 92. $52
D: 2021 Martin Woods “Jesse James Vineyard” Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon. DC 95, WA 93, VN 95. $37
Individual Votes:
| Rank | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Total Points | 92 | 91 | 87 | 76 | 91 | 76 | 91 | 80 |
| Your Name | Btl1 | Btl2 | Btl3 | Btl4 | Btl5 | Btl6 | Btl7 | Btl8 |
| Jim F | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Bette F | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Richard | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Marie Coppola | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Heidi | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Laura | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Arthur Perkins | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Betty Gibson | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| DeAtley | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Mark Gibson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Chris Wood | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| AJ Thiel | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Julianna | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Leelee Treadwell | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Caycee Cali | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Rick | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| David | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Donna | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Steve Smith | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
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