Light ruby, no edge.  Big voluptuous round candy cherry nose with sage, celery and burnt rubber.  A bomb of epic proportions: fruit and otherwise.  Rich and ripe–and accompaningly alcoholic–easy to smell the components but also easy to argue the manipulation.  Sweet berry cassis, 7-Up and oak all around.  In the mouth, an awkward little acid up front, resting on oak and rich berry.  Shallow earthiness melds perfectly into sharp tannin finish.  A nice quaffer, but nothing seriously Pinot.  Well, seriously pinot for the bullshit masses, but easy to see through the vapid barnyard and burning AL to reflect on the fake fruit.
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2011 GYPSY BOOTS Pinot Noir Sonoma/Santa Barbara/ Mendocino 57/27/16  14-5