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Calera, Pinot Noir Jensen, 2008

Red Wine from California, United States
by Calera
$149.99
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The flagship of California's limestone dream. Josh Jensen planted Jensen Vineyard in 1975, the first vines on Mt. Harlan and the namesake of the man who spent years searching California for the kind of calcareous soils that make Burgundy Burgundy. The 2008 is pure Josh Jensen era — nearly a decade before Duckhorn acquired the estate in 2017, and made in a frost-shortened vintage that yielded small, intensely concentrated berries. Seventeen years on, the wine has unwound into classic mature Mt. Harlan Pinot: black cherry settling into forest floor, dried raspberry, a wisp of dried herb, that cool-climate limestone seam threading through everything. Drinking at peak now. A piece of California Pinot history from one of its most quietly visionary producers.

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Antonio Galloni

94 points

"The 2008 Pinot Noir Jensen Vineyard is another very pretty and expressive wine. Floral and savory notes meld into a core of open-knit fruit. Sensual and inviting, the 2008 has enough aromatic complexity to provide plenty of of interest, while the firm tannins suggest the 2008 will drink well for another decade-plus. This is one of the more delicate, gracious wines in this vertical. Like all the best Calera wines, the 2008 speaks to balance above all else." —Antonio Galloni

Wine Enthusiast

91 points

"Sweet and jammy in youth, with robust flavors of raspberry and cherry jam. The sweetness is balanced by crisp acidity and firm tannins, as well as a minerality that must come from the terroir. A feminine wine, Calera's '08 Jensen should gain in the bottle over the next eight years or so."

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Wine Details

  • Vintage

    2008

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Duck confit with frisée and lardons, grilled quail over wild rice, mushroom-and-truffle pappardelle, roasted squab with root vegetables, or a wedge of aged Comté with walnuts and dried fig.

Tasting Profile

Medium to medium-full bodied, fully mature. Dried black cherry, raspberry, forest floor, dried herb, sweet earth, soft oak, mineral lift. Silky texture, resolved tannins, persistent graceful finish.

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