One Thousand One Pinot Noir Four - Pack by Kent Rasmussen
$44.99 + $5 shipping
Condition: Red
Products:
2 One Thousand One 2007 North Coast Pinot Noir
2 One Thousand One 2008 North Coast Pinot Noir
CT links above

GS links below
One Thousand One 2007 North Coast Pinot Noir
One Thousand One 2008 North Coast Pinot Noir

Kent Winery on Twitter

Winery website

The 2006 is on sale at K&L for $16.99 (different ava)

Hooray! Nothing to tempt me for an order today!

One Thousand One Pinot Noir Four - Pack by Kent Rasmussen
Ongoing Sale: http://wine.woot.com/monday/
Current numbers (updated each minute)
First sucker: mill
Speed to first woot: 0m 7.423s
Last wooter to woot: jkdaaa

Damn it mill..... got the clue though! Rattage please?

$12.50/bottle for any PN that tastes better than fruit punch is amazing. It's KR. It will taste much better than fruit punch = A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

What is the significance of 1001?

Kent is the best. He was so gracious to the PSychos when we showed up at his place, and tasted some other of his wines. Maybe we'll get some KRPS later this week? Who knows.

Kent is also a really talented winemaker. As I'm fond of saying, his PS was my gateway drug into loving wine and PS especially.

Basically, if Kent put his name on anything, I'd get at least one. Even Chard-oh-no.

Do we get an autographed bottle?

I liked his Viognier! This could be nice.

How the Hell did mill order in <10seconds?!?!

I guess I can't be #1, but I'm available to RAT! ;-)

These seem to have screw caps. I'm currently collecting corks...

It was a pleasure meeting Kent in NYC on March 10th. We didn't try this wine but did sample 4 others- a chard, his regular pinot, a ramsay pinot and a ramsay merlot. Great stuff and a great guy. And we got to meet his lovely wife as well!

choey2k5 wrote:These seem to have screw caps. I'm currently collecting corks...

Send me a case of this and I'll send you 12 corks from some AMAZING Pinot Noirs! :-D

PetiteSirah wrote:Maybe we'll get some KRPS later this week? Who knows.

= broken SIWBM for sure.

CT '07
CT '08

Edit: Oh, there's the Cesare

Cesare wrote:One Thousand One Pinot Noir Four - Pack by Kent Rasmussen
$44.99 + $5 shipping
Condition: Red
Products:
2 One Thousand One 2007 North Coast Pinot Noir
2 One Thousand One 2008 North Coast Pinot Noir
CT links above

Winery website

The 2006 is on sale at K&L for $16.99

Why did you stop including the related grapestories links? The format there seems easier to read. I wonder if there is a link on the CT pages to switch over to GS without having to cut & paste and worry about pulling up a different wine when switching back and forth....

From the description...

Remember, science makes everything more delicious. [snip] Kent has collected grapes from several California graveyards, mostly Mendocino’s Potter Valley but also Napa and the Carneros, to create a blend that clones the modern ultra-premium Pinots which the world has come to love.

That makes me nervous. But somehow, it also intrigues me. Science, graveyards, wine? I must hear more.

choey2k5 wrote:These seem to have screw caps. I'm currently collecting corks...

So is this a concern, screwcaps? Maybe someone from the "Better in the Know" wine community can explain. Do I really need them on thier side for cellaring?

Also, what is the drinkability window on these?

thanks,

K-Rokk

Can anyone compare Kent's Pinot Noir's to my current Woot favorite PN, Roessler Bluejay?

Or even to the ever controversial (but very good) Radog PN?

What PS said. There is no way I could resist this, although I am - yet again - out of storage space, I had to buy a set. MUST DRINK WINE MORE RAPIDLY!

choey2k5 wrote:These seem to have screw caps. I'm currently collecting corks...

Something about a screw cap ruins the whole wine-drinking experience for me. It just puts a damper on it. Maybe I'm just one of those young old-fashionists, but I wanna pop a cork!

nmachen wrote:Can anyone compare Kent's Pinot Noir's to my current Woot favorite PN, Roessler Bluejay?

Or even to the ever controversial (but very good) Radog PN?

Well I've only had the Carneros Pinot Noir offered here several months back by KR, but I found the Bluejay to be more fruit-forward and lighter, and KR's wine to be more tannic, bolder, more complex and interesting, and it benefited from decanting while the Bluejay was great just out of the bottle - KR's is definitely better for aging, Bluejay is great now.

I like both styles and rated both wines highly, but I'd say Bluejay is more fruity & feminine while KR's is a more muscular, masculine style.

ETA: I adore screwcaps and can't wait until all wineries switch to them. They are environmentally lower-impact as well as easier to use for the consumer and more optimal for the wine itself. Win-win-win. Only an irrational emotional/aesthetic preference for cork would make one dislike a screwcap - which is not meant as an insult - I have many irrational preferences, it's a human way to be!

ETA2: Anyone in central NC near Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill who wants half of my order, pm me! I really only need a bottle of each vintage.

krokk wrote:So is this a concern, screwcaps?

Only if you're a hopeless snob-- er, I mean, romantic. Or, I suppose, if you just adore the flavor of Trichloroanisole.

How well will this go with the chocolate from the other day?

nmachen wrote:Can anyone compare Kent's Pinot Noir's to my current Woot favorite PN, Roessler Bluejay?

Or even to the ever controversial (but very good) Radog PN?

I'd be happy to, just as soon as I get one of these! ;-)

Tudor's Pinot Noirs are proving to be my favorites of ALL CA Pinot Noirs, and so far most Burgundies too!

My knowledge of Pinot. In for 1. Slept at the Holiday Inn also.

krokk wrote:So is this a concern, screwcaps? Maybe someone from the "Better in the Know" wine community can explain. Do I really need them on thier side for cellaring?

K-Rokk

Screwcaps can be stored upright, or on their sides. There was some concern a while back that they didn't allow the wine to breathe, but these days it seems that they are accepted for moderate cellaring, but the jury seems to be out on multi-decade cellaring under screwtops. It seems that most wines worthy of that kind of laying down won't be under screwtops, so stop hoarding and DRINK UP! :-)

After receiving TWO corked (i.e. TCA infected) bottles of 2006 RiverBench last woot I'm keenly aware of how BAD a cork can be. It's still fun to pull a cork, but less anxiety inducing to twist a cap.

Best thing about living in California...they always ship to my state! In for one!

Rat me baby.

Cheers

ckeilah wrote:Screwcaps can be stored upright, or on their sides. There was some concern a while back that they didn't allow the wine to breathe, but these days it seems that they are accepted for moderate cellaring, but the jury seems to be out on multi-decade cellaring under screwtops. It seems that most wines worthy of that kind of laying down won't be under screwtops, so stop hoarding and DRINK UP! :-)

After receiving TWO corked (i.e. TCA infected) bottles of 2006 RiverBench last woot I'm keenly aware of how BAD a cork can be. It's still fun to pull a cork, but less anxiety inducing to twist a cap.

I can relate to the BAD Cork Reference. I had a very nice Golden Eye PN go bad on me that I had kept for 3 years for a special occasion! Good thing I chilled another PN as a backup! (Actually was hoping for 2 bottles that night!)

fairnymph wrote:Well I've only had the Carneros Pinot Noir offered here several months back by KR, but I found the Bluejay to be more fruit-forward and lighter, and KR's wine to be more tannic, bolder, more complex and interesting, and it benefited from decanting while the Bluejay was great just out of the bottle - KR's is definitely better for aging, Bluejay is great now.

I like both styles and rated both wines highly, but I'd say Bluejay is more fruity & feminine while KR's is a more muscular, masculine style.

Thank you - that was an excellent explanation. Just the nudge I needed...

One Thousand One Pinot Noir Four - Pack by Kent Rasmussen
Ongoing Sale: http://wine.woot.com/monday/
Current numbers (updated each minute)
First sucker: mill
Speed to first woot: 0m 7.423s
Last wooter to woot: nmachen

No wine for Alaska :B

fairnymph wrote:...I adore screwcaps and can't wait until all wineries switch to them. They are environmentally lower-impact...

Please explain how manufacturing plastic-coated metal caps/skirts is "environmentally lower-impact" than sustainably harvesting cork from mature cork oak forests.

Hard to resist given the awesomeness of Kent's Carneros PN from a while back. That one was a great start to New Year's Eve 2010!

I also humbly request WD and the woot gods bestow on me the privilege of ratting. It would be an excellent gift to commemorate defending my PhD dissertation and turning 30. I take it as a sign that an excellent offering appears the first Monday I'm in the country after these momentous events.

This wine isn't on his website!! I suspect it might be, like his Ramsay wines, a more accessible appellation?

So, how does this differ from Kent's Carneros Pinot Noir (previous wootings March 23 2009 and Nov 19th 2009)? [EDIT: oops, and July 22nd 2009 also.] He is a most talented winemaker, one of the few uncontroversially excellent woot sellers. Reading his comments and, his blopgs and more experienced wooters' opinions seems to cement that high esteem.

I still have the Carneros laid down as I think it'll need a year or three... is this an earlier-drinking wine, or just as structured, but with a different terroir / winemaking method and therefore style?

First time wine wooter!

I'm pretty new to wine in general (apart from a slip every week at church), as I've been much more partial to a good beer instead. However, I figured since I'll be graduating college in a few months I should expand my palate to something more refined--and at the very least I can impress the ladies.

The KR Pinot Noir sounded too good to pass up. But does anyone have any wine tips/suggestions for me?

meandmyevilclone wrote:First time wine wooter!

I'm pretty new to wine in general (apart from a slip every week at church), as I've been much more partial to a good beer instead. However, I figured since I'll be graduating college in a few months I should expand my palate to something more refined--and at the very least I can impress the ladies.

The KR Pinot Noir sounded too good to pass up. But does anyone have any wine tips/suggestions for me?

Yes. Don't hesitate, and buy this. Even though this will be a budget label variant of his wines, and even though this snooth reviewer hated an '06 version he's one of the best winemakers in California. read his blogs, and see my post literally right above this one for links to his past wootings of the Carneros. [EDIT and in this post, as I missed a couple]

Communion wine is the most revolting apology for a drink ever invented. If Jesus were alive today he'd be turning in his grave. Oh wait, maybe he is.. and he did kind of turn around in it and arise from it. Hmmm, very seasonal. Must have heard about the revolting sweet confections served as wine in his name.

Also check out the wine.woot blog on his Carneros and PN in general. Worth checking out the special blogs to the right (wish you could separate out the special blogs fro the everyday ones more easily than with a search (ATTN wine.woot techs!) . It's very informative into the ind of a fine winemaker.

Likewise I omitted the July 22nd 2009 wooting of his Carneros PN, and you might like to look at what he said re his Esoterica dessert wine just before Christmas, (EDIT here's KR on Noble Rot, as a postr mentioned it below) and the February woot-off follow up.

I'm in for two, I'm hoping the reasonably price Pinot will make me smile. I haven't been disappointed by KR offering yet.

choey2k5 wrote:These seem to have screw caps. I'm currently collecting corks...

(EDIT: added in Kent's response below, as replied to by rpm
EDIT2: Also Gcdyersb' response to KR also below)

Screw caps are good for wine, and used by top, forward-looking winemakers like MacRostie. Before we get deep into "Screw Caps are Rubbish Cheap Closures for Wine" type arguments, read the fine winemaker SonomaBouliste (aka Peter Wellington) on this thread and there have been previous exhaustive discussions, like in this one , and another one back in 06 on a poizin thread and including in this Cave Dog thread where others posted some great stuff, and I added the below:

kloeber wrote:after talking to a somolnair- or how ever the hell you spell it- a screw is really the best cap to have on a wine. a cork is pourious and air although a very small amount can get in a cork. the only reason the wine companies dont use screw caps is expense!!! just a little food for thought. enjoy

Au contraire, screw tops are cheaper by about half than corks. It makes sense too: aluminiumin bulk manufacture v cutting down trees, cutting and transportation. Here's one of the many sites telling of the cost differences:
http://www.winegeeks.com/articles/13

Screw Tops like the Stelvin are still not used universally, but top winemakers all know they seal the bottles better (cork is porous), and reduce considerably the likelihood of TCA (2,4,6-trichloranisole) tainting ("corking"). Although not entirely: see Malcolm Gluck's comments here !

Much evidence abounds that even though British and New Zealand drinkers will accept screw tops, even they don't necessarily like them, and screwtop snobbery still abounds, many Australian and New Zealand vintners now use them. And some American ones too. This news article about Corbett Canyon adopting screwcaps deals with many of the issues nicely.

There are other options too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_wine_closures, although the plastic corks common in cheap Australian wines are only for early-drinking as they don't necessarily last a long time.

ckeilah wrote:Why did you stop including the related grapestories links? The format there seems easier to read. I wonder if there is a link on the CT pages to switch over to GS without having to cut & paste and worry about pulling up a different wine when switching back and forth....

Yes, I don't get it. Why doesn't Grapestories import CT data. How else are they going to get user-migration? I've found Grapestories as useful as a chocolate teapot so far, with its lack of data.

Thanks for the Tudor feedback. Poor old Tudor did himself out of business by his ratings fiasco. CErtainly I'd have tried his wines, and they do sound excellent. I just found his bombastic initial responses to criticism of his unsubtle online tactics not as convincing of his talents to me as those of other talented winemakers. Sounds as if he is (almost) as good as he thinks.

Oh, and if you get a corked woot wine (especially TWO in a shipment!) can you get a refund / replacements?

klezman wrote:Hard to resist given the awesomeness of Kent's Carneros PN from a while back. That one was a great start to New Year's Eve 2010!

I also humbly request WD and the woot gods bestow on me the privilege of ratting. It would be an excellent gift to commemorate defending my PhD dissertation and turning 30. I take it as a sign that an excellent offering appears the first Monday I'm in the country after these momentous events.

Congrats Klezman. What was the doctorate in? Oenology?