Reviews for Blueberry and Lime Pie in Sunset Magazine Febmarch 2019

2019

96 points

"Klopp Ranch Vineyard'south moderate climate and sandy Goldridge soils serve as the base of this steady, opulent red, aged sur prevarication for nine months in (69% new) French oak. Bawdy with brined cherries, chervil, beetroot, oregano, and celery root, it produces an herb garden of flavors at the starting time. Along with a good acid structure, its intense finish of cedar and plum and its silky mouthfeel complete the pleasure cycle."

Meridith May, Somm Journal, Baronial/September 2021
93 points

"Medium blood-red-purple in color, the 2019 Pinot Noir Klopp Ranch is slow to open on the nose, hinting at notes of aniseed, stale flowers, graphite and black fruits. The palate is medium-bodied, firm and intensely fruited with appealing juicy uplift on the finish."

Erin Brooks, The Vino Advocate, June 3, 2021
93 points

"The 2019 Pinot Noir Klopp Ranch comes from the classic Goldridge Soils of the Russian River and offers a medium-bodied, elegant, vibrant, and complex fashion that delivers more red fruits besides as notes of iron, sappy herbs, and underbrush. Information technology'south some other beautifully balanced, elegant wine from this manor. It has notable structure and should accept a solid 7-8 years of prime drinking, if not longer."

Jeb Dunnuck, Jebdunnuck.com, July 2021
91 points

"Spiced-filled dark fruit and berry flavors prove lots of toasty notes, along with creamy richness. Chocolate and brioche accents linger on the ripe, structured finish."

Kim Marcus, Wine Spectator, Sept. 30, 2021

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92 points

"Salty and spicy this full-bodied red from the famous site, long sourced by the producer, is fruity in dark cherry, boysenberry and baked strawberry flavor. The tannins are supportive and well-integrated, every bit is the toasted oak, which underscores the combination of sweet spice tones."

Virginie Boone, Vino Enthusiast, November 2021
95 points

"I have long admired these wines from the 'Klopp Ranch' that was planted back in 1989. ... The nose shows insanely expert range from Standard mandarin orange zest to teaberry and red currants aslope peat moss tones. The palate is soft, elegant and exceedingly refined, as this effortlessly glides throughout the drinking feel. Gorgeous in its youth, this will deliver drinking enjoyment for the next fifteen plus years."

Owen Bargreen, Owenbargreen.com, Sept. 30, 2021
'Rich and bright'

"Rich and bright with stale flowers and star anise on the olfactory organ with bright juicy blackberry fruit that is wide but so becomes focused with slightly tight tannins on the finish that open later a couple hours of decanting."

Cathrine Todd, July 2021
94 points

"A solid core of ruby. The aromas are and then fresh, with ripe cherries, pomegranate, strawberry, backed up by pepper, roses, warm clay, rhubarb, and a lot of floral depth with air. On the palate, this is silky but structured, with zesty acid, slap-up balance, and a deep just tangy mix of cherry, pomegranate and raspberry fruit. Elements of thyme, pepper, dried rose petals, clove, dusty world. The mouthfeel is fantastic, but this needs at least a few years to show its best."

Isaac Baker, Terroirist.com, July 2021
94 points

"The Merry Edwards wines are at present beingness made past Heidi von der Mehden, who had to fill some of the biggest shoes in all of American winemaking when Merry herself stepped away from that role. It must exist said that quality has not slipped at all, and this single vineyard Pinot (which I have tasted over at least the previous fifteen vintages) is as succulent equally any I can remember. Impressively full-bodied but still fairly light on its anxiety, information technology shows delicious black reddish and berry fruit with nice spice notes and merely a whiff of toasty oak, as all the overt wood notes have already been captivated by the rich fruit. Consequently, this is already succulent, just the runway tape of this vineyard's fruit from this cellar indicates that this will be significantly more complex in 5 years, and better even so in 10. I know that last sentence won't make your consumption decision whatsoever easier, just the decision of whether to buy this in the first identify could hardly be easier."

Michael Franz, Vino Review Online, Aug. 17, 2021
93.5 points

"This midnight regal colored Pinot Noir from Merry Edwards is Excellent. It opens with a fragrant black raspberry and rhubarb bouquet with a hint of cola. On the palate, this wine is full bodied with medium acidity. It is likewise round, viscous and fruit forward. Those fruit flavors are ripe blackness raspberries ... with notes of clove, rhubarb, and black pepper. I too detected hints of red licorice and a touch of vanilla-cola in the aftertaste. The stop is dry, and its flavors and well-managed fine tannins linger nicely."

Ken's Wine Guide, October. 7, 2021

2018

95 points

"The fruit for this wine comes from the oldest blocks on this renowned site on sandy, Goldridge soil, blending Pommard and Swan clones. The earth-laden olfactory organ is rich with blueberries and brownish-sugared plums. Perfumed lavender, sweet lush cherries and savory herbs ascertain the exotic attributes of this red."

Meridith May, Tasting Panel magazine, July/August 2020
93 points

"Wood, clove, oak and thick tannin make for a hearty entry into this perennially impressive vineyard-designate—one of the producer's earliest partnerships. Weighty and powerful, it offers woods floor, tea and wild strawberry, the acidity lasting and lively."

Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast, Dec 2020
91 points

"Svelte and fine-edged, with savory richness to the well-structured nighttime ruddy, plum and nighttime currant flavors. Dumbo cease is filled with wood floor notes."

Kim Marcus, Wine Spectator, Feb. 28, 2021
96 points

"One of the most complex Pinot Noirs produced by Merry Edwards, the Klopp Ranch exhibits exceptional depth and palate weight, showing intense blackness ruby and plum aromas, a touch of earthy forest flooring and autumn spices supported past house tannins that will give this superb Pinot life across the here and now."

Robert Whitley, Vino Review Online, October 2020
92 points

"The 2018 Pinot Noir Klopp Ranch is a racy wine. Super-ripe dark cherry, plum, cola, spice and blood orangish all open up up nicely in the drinking glass. There is enough of Russian River exuberance. The finish is a scrap tight, but otherwise, this is very nicely washed."

Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media, August 2020
91+ points

"Medium blood-red-royal, the 2018 Pinot Noir Klopp Ranch offers aromas of cranberries, rhubarb and blackberries with notes of earth, tar and woodsmoke. The medium-bodied palate has pretty, earth-laced fruits with a grainy frame and uncomplicated finish. This feels youthfully mute and may open up with some more time in canteen."

Erin Brooks, The Vino Advocate, Baronial 2020

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93 points

"Here is the mix of potency, latency and depth that makes Pinot such a great wine. Its aromas of plump blackness cherries, augmented by toasty oak, adequately leap out of the glass in a deeply fruity, ripe still beautifully counterbalanced way, and the same winsome proportions and characteristics follow suit across the palate. Supple at the front and firmed by youthful tannin at the finish, and long-finishing despite its slight bit of ageworthy gruffness, this vino could reward this night but should, in our view, be left in the cellar."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine, June 2020
xc points

"It's a big pinot noir saturated with ruby cherry and blackberry flavors, equal to the strong tannins."

Joshua Greene, Wine & Spirits magazine, Apr 2021
92 points

"Light purple color. The nose boasts black cherries, raspberries, with cola, sweet violets, tilled soil, rhubarb and mint leaves. Full and suave on the palate with velvety tannins and medium acidity, this sports pretty balance and juicy black cherries, plums and blood orange. Circuitous notes of anecdote, clove, dirt, earth, with cola and vanilla tones. Deep, rich, nevertheless vibrant, this volition do well with a few years of historic period."

Isaac Baker, The Terroirist, June 2020
95 points

"The Klopp Ranch Pinot Noir is always a favorite of mine from Merry Edwards' portfolio, and information technology again delivers what it's known for -- vibrant damp and dry out globe tones over rich black red and raspberry fruit, structuring acidity, a chip of tannic grip and a fair dose of toasted oak the serves to deepen all the flavors. Give information technology a expert decanting nigh term, or age it up to ten years."

Rich Cook, Wine Review Online, Oct 2020
92 points

"This dark ruby colored Pinot Noir from the Klopp Ranch opens with a fragrant black raspberry bouquet with hints of Good north' Enough and cola. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, slightly acidic and savory. The season contour is a mineral infused reddish plum with notes of lite oak and black red. We also detected hints of black pepper, herbs de Provence and blackness licorice. The finish is dry and its flavors and mild dusty tannins drift abroad nicely."

Ken'south Vino Guide, September 2020
94 points

"The floral 2018 Klopp Ranch Pinot Noir displays a gorgeous, layered complication, with minerality and nighttime fruitiness intertwined. It conveys far more mineral-like nuances than the Merry Edwards Russian River Valley Pinot, reflecting the focus of a single vineyard. Hefty intensity without being over the top coupled with suave tannins and an engaging bitterness in the stop brand it hard to resist now."

Michael Apstein, Wine Review Online, February 2021
Very Skilful+, with First-class potential

"The operative word for the Merry Edwards Klopp Ranch Pinot Noir 2018, Russian River Valley, is 'elemental.' The color is dark cherry, and, in fact, 'dark' is another operative word for this spice-laden, solid and robust pinot noir; macerated currants and plums seem infused with hints of sandalwood, licorice and only a hint of violets, while damp loam and shadowy forest qualities dominate from mid-palate through the finish."

Fredric Koeppel, BiggerThanYourHead.net, Apr 2021

2017

93 points

"The 2017 Pinot Noir Klopp Ranch comes mainly from vines planted in the late 1980s in Goldridge soils, more often than not Pommard clone, plus some younger vines planted to Dijon clones. It's medium ruby-red-purple in the glass and has a fragrant nose of warm cinnamon, mushrooms, moss-covered bark, rhubarb and red and blackness berries with notions of lilac and tangerine pare. It's medium-bodied, silky and loaded with perfumed fruit layers, with a frame of chocolate-textured tannins and juicy acidity begging you to take another sip, finishing very long and very layered."

Erin Brooks, Robert Parker'due south Wine Advocate, Dec 2019
93 points

"Wild in pomegranate, strawberry and brambly blackberry, this longstanding vineyard-designate is deep and rich, with a density of earthiness. Thick tannins support the fruit and building elements of dried herb and lavender, assuasive room for the acerbity to rest its overall luxury."

Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast, June 2020
93 points

"The 2017 Pinot Noir Klopp Ranch is from a mix of clones and a 37-acre vineyard planted in 1982 in the Russian River Valley. It has a smoky, ripe bouquet of mulled black fruits, licorice, roasted herbs, and chocolate, with more floral and sappy notes developing with time in the drinking glass. It likewise gains freshness and vibrancy with air and is medium to full-bodied, with a deep, layered mid-palate, ripe tannins, and a great terminate. This sexy, seamless, classic Russian River Pinot Noir has loads to honey. Information technology needs a decant if drinking whatever time shortly and should evolve nicely for 8-10 years with no issues."

Jeb Dunnuck, May 2020

2016

95 points

"Merry Edwards' Pinot Noir from the Klopp Ranch is spectacular, delivering black fruit-like power seasoned beautifully with spice and minerals. With all its density, it's still fresh and thankfully does not venture into the "Pinot-Syrah" category. Despite its ability, it's paradoxically nonetheless restrained and amazingly complex. Waves of flavors awaken the palate. Its length is seemingly countless. As with all Merry Edwards' 2016 Pinot Noirs, there's an exciting energy and glossy texture to this one from the Klopp Ranch."

Michael Apstein, Vino Review Online, Dec. eleven, 2018
95 points

"The Klopp Ranch bottling, year to yr, is one of my favorites from the Merry Edwards winery. In that location's a damp globe vibe that I find very attractive, and information technology makes for a savory presentation, with assuming night fruit, fall spice and real staying power in the finish. It'southward wonderfully approachable at present, and it volition gain complication with farther canteen aging. Cute Pinot with real sense of place."

Rich Melt, Wine Review Online, May 7, 2019
94 points

"The Klopp Ranch Vineyard shows the more feminine side of Merry Edwards Pinot Noir, exhibiting intense ruby-fruit aromas with a touch of wood spice and inviting notes of violets and spice."

Robert Whitley, Wine Review Online, April 2019
93 points

"This vineyard overlooks the western edge of the Laguna de Santa Rosa in the middle of the Russian River Valley. Soils are classic Goldridge. Clones are Pommard, 115, 667, 777 and a Swan selection. Moderately nighttime garnet color in the glass. Aromas of black fruits, cola, forest and a hint of vanilla. Mid weight plus in concentration, featuring a wave of blackberry, cassis and spice flavors, framed by substantial, but gracious tannins. and complimented by toasty oak in the background. Overall, the remainder is commendable and the powerfully succulent stop leaves a skilful impression."

Prince of Pinot, Jan. 16, 2019
93 points / Cellar Selection

"Sanguine, fiery and compact, this is a bold, brawny wine from a long-standing vineyard designate, showing a great complement of elegance within an overall frame of power and girth. Firm tannins grip clove, blackness-tea and black-currant flavors, challenging them to speak. This will practice well with more time in the canteen." See the review hither: Wine Enthusiast Apr 2019

Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast, April 2019

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92 points

"Lush and nighttime with deep berry fruit and dense texture; rich, spicy and long; not exactly elegant simply loaded with flavor and style."

Anthony Dias Blue, Tasting Panel mag
94 points

"The 'Klopp Ranch Vineyard' is 26 acre vineyard planted to Pinot Noir clones Pommard, Pommard 5, Joseph Swan and Dijon clones 115, 667 and 777. The vino shows a wonderful dark fruit contour with night raspberry, and loganberry preserves that connect with forest flooring and white truffle crudo. The palate shows wonderful freshness and intensity, showing a overnice saline streak. Black tea, wild blackberry jam, cigar ash and wet stone flavors all marvelously connect in the drinking glass. This stunning wine is best enjoyed over the next 15 plus years merely it is sensational right at present. Requite this at least an hour decant if enjoying in its youth. Drink 2019-2035."

Dr. Owen Bargreen, Washington Wine Blog, Jan. 9, 2019
90 points

"Dense and a touch brooding, with notes of tea and spice to the roasted plum and dark cherry flavors. Bloodshot chocolate and mineral components emerge on the finish."

Kim Marcus, Vino Spectator, January 2019
"The Klopp Ranch Pinot Noir is a fleshy, rich wine of very fine quality. Information technology is very well balanced, intensely flavored (black carmine, black tea, raspberry, rose petal, plum, white pepper, spicy oak), and very long on the finish. Still quite young; warrants several more than years of crumbling."

Ronn Wiegand, Eatery Wine, February 2019
90 points / Very Highly Recommended

"Medium purplish ruby; deep, earthy, dark cherry, pomegranate, and blackberry fruit aroma with hints of cocoa powder and baking spices; medium to medium-full body; deep, rich, ripe, concentrated, red and blackness fruit flavors with a note of mocha, and some plushness in the mouthfeel; medium tannin; lingering aftertaste. Initially a chip tight and lean, the vino developed with airing, though best to age for several more years. Very highly recommended."

Nicholas Ponomareff, California Grapevine, December 2018
92 points

"This cherry colored Pinot Noir from Merry Edwards opens with a blackness ruby bouquet with hints of oak, peppers and chestnut. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, balanced and savory. The flavor profile is a plum and black raspberry blend with notes of oak and cola. I also detected some hints of black pepper. The finish is dry and its bold dusty tannins stick around for a very long fourth dimension. This Pinot would pair well with braised wild boar or teriyaki meatballs."

Ken's Wine Guide, May 24, 2019
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"Although 2019 saw a bounty of marvelous new wines, there were, as ever, some that left an especially indelible marking on our memories."

Stephen Eliot, Connoisseurs' Guide to California Vino, Jan 2020

2015

95 points

"Spicy baked rhubarb, plum and ruby-red clafouti give this wine a welcoming richness that shines warmly in toasty oak and cola tones. Light on entry, information technology develops robust flavors and texture in the glass, softly seductive in an underlying freshness of acerbity, with flavors of cardamom, tea and drips of dark chocolate."

Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast, May 2018
93+ points

"Medium cherry-majestic colored, the 2015 Pinot Noir Klopp Ranch opens with fragrant herbs and globe notions over a core of black cherries, cranberries and stewed rhubarb with touches of raspberry leaves and roses. Medium to full-bodied, it packs in the tightly wound cherry and black fruits, which are supported by firm, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with a lingering herbal elevator."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker'due south Wine Advocate, April 2018
95 points

"Merry's 2015 Klopp Ranch offers a seductive floral perfume on the nose, leading to leading to a richly layered palate of blueberry and blackness cherry with a affect of oak vanillin and autumn spices. The tannins are relatively modest, making for firsthand enjoyment. That said, this is a beautifully structured and well-balanced Pinot Noir that will evangelize pleasance for several years to come."

Robert Whitley, Vino Review Online, January. nine, 2018
"This is a complex pinot with layered notes of raspberry, Bing cherry, toast and cola. But what makes information technology a standout is its supple texture and its lush, lingering end. Gorgeous."

Peg Melnik, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, March 13, 2018

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94 points

"The current Klopp Vineyard Pinot Noir shows deep concentration, with candy-coated black cherry aromas peeking out from below rich oak spice on the nose, and assuming acidity and some pert tannin carrying the flavors through a blooming cease. Age this a while to get at all the charm within -- I would say five years is a good start."

Rich Cook, Wine Review Online, Jan. 23, 2018
93 points

"This midnight purple colored Pinot Noir from Merry Edwards is very skillful. It opens with a blackberry and oak like bouquet. On the palate, this wine is full bodied, balanced, rich and smoothen. The flavor profile is a toasted oak and blackberry blend with notes of black plum. I also detected a impact of black olive. The finish is dry out and its flavors and moderate well-managed tannins linger for quite a while. This voluptuous Pinot Noir is very drinkable on its own. I would pair it with beef bourguignon."

Ken'southward Vino Guide, May 15, 2018
91 points

"Medium to medium-nighttime cherry; intense, deep, cherry, pomegranate, and black raspberry fruit aroma with bawdy notes and hints of cocoa pulverization and baking spices; medium-full body; deep, full-bodied, ruddy and dark fruit flavors with well-baked acidity and a rich, textured mouthfeel; medium-full tannin; lingering aftertaste. Impressive at present, though volition benefit with several more years of bottle aging. Very highly recommended."

Nicholas Ponomareff, California Grapevine, Jan 2018
"Terrific wine"

"Without a doubt, the 2015 Klopp Ranch Vineyard Pinot Noir is a terrific vino. Very aromatic and loaded with dark fruit flavors such equally raspberry and blackberry, along with fig and hints of toasty oak. Well-balanced, it offers a touch of spice on the long, luscious terminate."

Al Vuona, The Worcester Telegram, Jan. 4, 2018
90 points

"Ms. Edwards's Pinots typically show an extra bit of solidity and sinew than many of their Russian River Valley neighbors, and this latest from Klopp Ranch is a very expert case of just that. Information technology is ripe and well-extracted with a very sure core of blackness carmine fruit, merely information technology is presently more firm than supple and its combination of acerbity and light tannins work to keep it slightly airtight in. It is not so tough equally to make for unpleasant drinking should patience run short, but we would urge waiting for another three to five years, and, given the winery's rails record for making ageworthy Pinots, we feel rubber in predicting a long life subsequently that."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines, Feb 2018
93 points

"Vivid ruby colour; rich, cherry olfactory organ; shine and rich with black carmine and toasty oak; tangy and juicy, long and balanced."

Anthony Dias-Blue, Blue Lifestyle, November 2017
"The delicious, complex Klopp Ranch bottling: full bodied, medium rich, well balanced, and very long on the palate, with a firm, persistent stop, tasting of black ruby, raspberry jam, red licorice, blackness tea, rose petal, and spicy oak. Wonderful quality. Needs aging."

Ronn Weigand, Eating house Wine, July 2018

2014

95 points

"Merry is the queen of California pinot noir. Long live the queen. The 2014 Klopp Ranch is a stunning wine that shows the remarkable power of Edwards to make an elegant wine with muscle. That's a rare combination. The Klopp is firm with impressive depth, expressive raspberry and cherry fruit, and hints of earthy forest flooring."

Robert Whitley, "Vino Talk," March 21, 2017
94 points

"Layered black blood-red, cola and raspberry flavors laced with cardamom and clove make this medium-bodied cherry-red succulently memorable. It's balanced and forgiving, its supple texture yielding to a creaminess on the finish that'south irresistible."

Virginie Boone, Vino Enthusiast, April 2017

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94 points

"Some other total bodied, dark side of the variety example from Merry Edwards, who e'er manages a layered commitment of multiple aromas and flavors, compelling you to spend some fourth dimension at the rim, nosing the depths slowly earlier tasting. This vintage of Klopp Ranch is no exception, with plum and black cherry joined by notes of earth and cardamom, finishing long and lush, a supple grip keeping it all together. Well done"

Rich Cook, Wine Review Online, March 21, 2017
93 points

"Merry Edwards' Klopp Ranch bottling highlights bright red fruit flavors with less emphasis on the savory component. A succulent wine, information technology is balanced and pure with an alluring suppleness. It strikes a gorgeous mid ground in terms of intensity. I'chiliad non sure that anyone, fifty-fifty Edwards herself, can explain precisely what it is near the vineyards that results in the dissimilar expressions of her wines. But it's clear that the wines differ one from the other. Information technology's not a marketing technique. Another unique and riveting Pinot Noir from Merry Edwards!"

Michael Apstein, Wine Review Online, January. 24, 2017
91 points / Starting time Place

"Medium to medium-dark red; intense, deep, earthy, plum, black raspberry, and pomegranate aroma with spicy notes and hints of mocha and dried herbs; medium-full body; deep, rich, extracted, savory, red and dark berry fruit flavors with a total, rich, textured mouthfeel; medium-full tannin; lingering aftertaste. A relatively large wine, typical of their style, that's highly-seasoned in its youth, though deserving another three to 5 more years of bottle crumbling. Very highly recommended."

Nicholas Ponomareff, California Grapevine, February 2017
91 points

"Wispy dorsum notes of raspberries join the more conventional pleasures of juicy, ripe cherries in the rich, somewhat succulent nose of this generously filled Pinot, and, if the wine shows the familiar fruity generosity and depth of its maker, it is ever so slightly more forward and a picayune less tactilely grippy than many of its mates. Information technology is not that it is soft to a fault or in any way unbalanced, just it is a tad easier to taste in its youth and its angles and edges are neatly rounded off. We would nonetheless opt for a few years of waiting, only we would not complain if presented a glassful right now."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine, Feb 2017
"A wine with full body, supple texture, rich but subtle flavors, firm acidity, and a very long, mildly tannic stop, tasting of blueberry, cherry-red, reddish currant, pepper, rosehips, vanilla, and spicy oak."

Ronn Wiegand, Restaurant Wine, February 2017

2013

92+ points

"The 2013 Pinot Noir Klopp Ranch is from Goldridge soils, which are favored past many Chardonnay and Pinot winemakers in the Russian River. Typical of her wines, in that location is terrific color, extraction and a deep carmine/imperial colour. The wine is broad, flavorful, intense, promising and delicious. Sugariness plum, cranberry and black cherry notes moving toward bluer fruits are nowadays in this full-bodied Pinot Noir that shows good acidity and ripe tannin. This is another winner, but its near promising and brightest days are ahead of it. Forget it for several years and drink it over the post-obit 15-20."

Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, March 2016

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95 points

"Edwards has worked with this Laguna Ridge site for decades and her intimate understanding of it shows. Rose petals ride a voluptuous texture and concentrated notes of chocolate, caramel and blackness blood-red; it's every bit savory equally it is buoyant and floral. Still holding on to a wealth of tannin and body, it volition cellar well despite existence delicious and enjoyable today."

Virginie Boone, Vino Enthusiast, July 2016
91 points

"Falling correct in step with its impressive cellarmates in then far as its solidity, concentration, structure and varietal clarity are concerned, the latest Klopp Ranch Pinot vies for top honors among an outstanding bunch by dint of its layering, its neat composition and a sense of fruity purity that affords information technology a special beauty all its own. It is, like its companions, a wine that should be held rather than gulped down in a bustle, and, if we would by no means refuse a glass now if someone else is footing the pecker, nosotros are planning on cellaring our own bottles abroad for no fewer than another five years."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines, June 2016
95 points

"The 2013 is a beautiful expression of pinot noir from Klopp Ranch. Dark fruits, peculiarly juicy black raspberry and blackberry, and spice are the prove, with a nuanced, well-measured utilize of oak that comes together in an impressive wine that may well go down as 1 of Merry'due south finest from this vineyard."

Robert Whitley, Wine Review Online, April nineteen, 2016
94 points

"Merry Edwards continues a string of exceptional 2013'southward with the Klopp Ranch bottling, bringing deep black cherry, Asian spice, cedar, leaf and damp world aromas and flavors, all nicely integrated with judicious oak and finishing long and complex. I can't wait to sense of taste the adjacent vintage."

Rich Cook, Wine Review Online, April 26, 2016
93 points

"Dark ruby color; black raspberry nose; smooth, lush and dense with blackness ruddy and intensity; tangy, rich and savory; long, deep and balanced."

Anthony Dias Blueish, Tasting Panel magazine, March 2016
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"The Klopp Ranch is very supple in texture, full bodied, and fairly rich in flavor; an excellent vino tasting of black cherry, plum, crimson licorice, rose petal, and spicy oak. Very long finish."

Ronn Weigand, Restaurant Wine, Baronial 2015
xc points / Very Highly Recommended

Nicholas Ponomareff, California Grapevine, March 2016
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"Toasty oak and brown sugar aromas, flavors of black raspberries, chocolate and spice, rich and full-bodied. Highly recommended."

Fred Tasker, Tribune News Service, April 27, 2016

2012

93 points / Cellar Selection

"Klopp is a mix of California and Burgundy clones, 1 of the producer'south finest offerings every twelvemonth, made in an opulent, counterbalanced way. Lush layers of strawberry and cherry are surrounded by truffle-like dirt. The wine is concentrated in tannin and subtle oak, while anise marks the measured finish. The wine will benefit from fourth dimension in the cellar through 2020."

Virginie Boone, Wine Enthusiast, July 2015

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90 points

"A rustic, tannic style, with density and charm. Fans of minerally, gravel-laced Pinots volition find this peculiarly alluring, as the focus mixes the fruit and gravel elements proportionally."

James Laube, Wine Spectator, May 2015
95 points

"The 2012 Merry Edwards Klopp Ranch Pinot Noir really sings. The kickoff whiff announces an exciting savory and bawdy component that ultimately balances the ripe, but not jammy, California fruit component. It's more concentrated than her Russian River Valley bottling, only the increased power is not at the expense of elegance. It has more of everything without being clumsy or heavy. Indeed, its rest is extraordinary. Silky tannins and a sour cherry-similar acidity that amplifies the finish make information technology a joy to drink now, though I suspect that a few years of additional bottle age volition reveal additional complexity."

Michael Apstein, Vino Review Online, Aug. 25, 2015
94 points

"Always a beautiful expression, this vintage of Klopp Ranch shows a delicacy and richness that is very bonny at present and volition reward further bottle crumbling. Blackness scarlet, dusty earth, lavander, flowers, and subtle fall spice notes delivered over vivid acerbity and a fairly firm grip linger long, with attractive leafy notes appearing in the end. Merry Edwards knows Pinot Noir!"

Rich Cook, Vino Review Online, Feb. 17, 2015
93 points

"Merry'due south 2012 Klopp Ranch exhibits a delicate, nuanced side of Pinot. What is almost striking about this lovely wine is its bouquet, with the allure of violets predominant. Notes of spice and raspberry and blood-red fruit aromas point the coming sensory experience. On the palate this vintage of Klopp is exquisitely balanced, a seamless beauty that finishes with a lingering annotation of huckleberry and spice. Unlike many of Merry'due south Pinots that crave additional cellaring to reach optimum maturity, the 2012 Klopp is drinking beautifully at present, though I take no doubtfulness it volition continue to improve every bit it evolves over the next five to 7 years."

Robert Whitley, Wine Review Online, February. 10, 2015
91 Points

"Showing a great deal of fruity substance and depth in the nose with intriguing touches of violets, sweet toast and hardwoods presaging further complication to come and making good on promise with generously extracted flavors to follow, this year's Klopp Ranch bottling deftly manages to be as rich as it is well-equanimous and comes with a fine sense of real reserve upon which to build. It exhibits all of the concentration and substance nosotros anticipate in Merry's wines, nonetheless it is never in danger of beingness too much, and merely four or v years of patience stand up betwixt it and real beauty."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Vino, June 2015
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"Plump, suave, lush, thoroughly entrancing, blackness scarlet and smoky oak flavors."

Quarterly Review of Wines, "33rd Almanac Best of the Best," August 2015
92 points

"This night ruby colored Pinot Noir from Merry Edwards was well received by our mini tasting grouping. It opens with a balmy boysenberry and black raspberry bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, counterbalanced and savory. The flavor profile is rich and fruit forward black raspberry with notes of oak and plum. I also detected hints of strawberry and blood-red-cola. The cease is dry and its flavors fade away nicely. This Pinot is food friendly and would pair well with beefiness bourguignon."

Ken'south Wine Guide, June 1, 2015
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"This pinot has great depth and complexity. Information technology has quite a range, with notes of raspberry, currant and rose petal. Lingering finish. Rock star."

Peg Melnik, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Feb. 4, 2015
"The 2012 Klopp Ranch is superb: fleshy, rich, and finely counterbalanced; a wine that is very long on the palate, and complex in flavour (cassis, plum, blackberry, blood-red, red licorice, spicy oak, vanilla, cedar), and very persistent in the finish."

Ronn Weigand, Eating house Wine, April 2015
93 points

"Silky and deep with ripe black scarlet and smooth texture; earthy, dense and rich; long, velvety and balanced."

Anthony Dias Blue, Tasting Console magazine: "Blue Reviews," May 2015

2011

94 points

"The vineyard is in the cool, southeastern part of the valley, a region whose Pinots e'er are night, dry, tannic and age-worthy. In this cool vintage, this vino is all of the above. Its black sour-blood-red-candy flavors accept hints of conifer, white tobacco, clove and anise, complex notes that volition evolve in interesting ways. The acidity is brisk and mouthwatering, and will help the wine historic period through 2023, at the least. Cellar Choice"

Steve Heimoff, Vino Enthusiast, June 2014

2010

95 points, Editors' Selection

"This vineyard has been source to some of the winery's greatest bottlings. The vino is enormously fruity, with raspberry, cherry-red and red-plum flavors that flood the palate. But it'south no mere fruit bomb, offering the virtually wonderful tannin-acid construction and a dryness that keeps the wine stimulating through a long, spicy finish. Drinkable now, only besides cellar worthy through 2018, at least."

Steve Heimoff, Vino Enthusiast, October 2013

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95 points

"Like to her superb Pinot Noir from Meredith Estate, this i from Klopp Ranch vineyard is tightly wound and less immediately expressive. Nighttime dense black fruit-like flavors underpinned past an earthy minerality emerge. A lovely subtle bitterness in the uncommonly long cease actually reinforces the fruit flavors. Edwards manages to capture the intensity of Pinot Noir without making a heavy wine. The wine grows in the drinking glass and reminds us not to judge wines likewise quickly when we taste, but to drinkable them with a meal over hours to allow them to unravel. This is another wine all-time cellared for several years."

Michael Apstein, Wine Review Online, Sept. 10, 2013
"(R)ich, supple, and beautifully balanced, an outstanding Pinot. It is full and long on the palate, with a very persistent cease, tasting of huckleberry jam, plum, toast, spicy oak, clove, red licorice, and nutmeg. Get-go rate."

Eating house Vino, December 2012
90 points

"Dense and concentrated, rich and intense; compact and rich with world and spice."

Anthony Dias Blue, The Tasting Panel, March 2013
xc points / "Very highly recommended"

"(A)ttractive, intense, black ruby-red and nighttime berry fruit aroma with notes of cola and toasty oak; medium-ful body; rich, tight, textured, reddish fruit flavors."

Nicholas Ponomareff, California Grapevine, Apr 2013
92 points

"This slightly opaque and night carmine colored Pinot Noir from Merry Edwards opens with a boysenberry and blackberry like bouquet. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, balanced, concentrated and savory. On the palate, the flavor contour is a ripe plum and blackberry jam blend with hints of black raspberry and balmy oak. The finish is dry and its mild to moderate tannins fade away nicely. This Pinot is a large boy for the category. Cab drinkers will like this ane."

Ken's Wine Guide, August 2013
92+ points

"Broad, plush and rich, with dark berry flavors complicated by smoky soil tones, cocoa powder, spices, herbs and espresso. A bit youthfully aggressive and quite backward today, finishing with slightly dry out-edged, dusty tannins. But this impressively deep, long pinot showed building sweetness as it opened in the glass and appears to have the stuffing for a svelte evolution in bottle."

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, May 2013

2009

98 points

"Amazingly rich, offering deep, complex layers of cherries, black raspberries, cola, anise biscotti, pomegranates, persimmons, black tea, orangish zest, mushrooms, you name it, simply don't forget the spices, everything from cloves and black pepper to cinnamon. Utterly succulent, with a silky, briskly clean mouthfeel. But the tannins are pronounced. They're not and then strong every bit to lock the wine downwards, only do suggest time in the cellar. Give it four years, and information technology could be wonderful after 10 or more than."

Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast, May 2012

2008

No. 36 in the Top 100

Wine Enthusiast magazine, Dec 2011

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96 points

Wine Enthusiast magazine, August 2011
'Excellent'

"The Merry Edwards Klopp Ranch Pinot Noir 2008, Russian River Valley, is a bluntly gorgeous pinot though of strapping proportions; it plays upon the wide panoply of baking spices, potpourri, fresh and ripe black and blueish fruit with undertones of rhubarb and cranberry and stale fruit, all fix within a package that deftly, almost riskily, balances delicacy of outline with tannic and mineral foundations."

Fredric Koeppel, Bigger Than Your Head blog, November. 27, 2011
95 points

"I confess to a preference for bawdy Pinots, so Merry's latest from Klopp Ranch hit me where I live. Information technology offers exotic aromas of forest floor and dark fruits, with a subtle spice annotation, and an always-lengthening palate that will only improve as the tanninc seize with teeth on the cease loses its grip with time. Superb and distinctive Pinot from the grande dame of California Pinot Noir."

Robert Whitley, Wine Review Online, June 28, 2011
93 points

"Merry Edwards makes terrific Pinot Noirs and this one was i of my favorites this twelvemonth. It is full-bodied, very well balanced and quite polish. Its flavor profile is a succulent black currant with notes of black-raspberry, blackness licorice, and a touch of oak towards the terminate. The finish is just as impressive as the taste with well managed tannins that are pleasantly prolonged."

Ken's Wine Guide, Aug. eleven, 2011
92 points

"This very deep and concentrated Pinot is so rich and juicy in scent as to advise that information technology might be a wine to drink now, but it turns out to be more tight and nervy than billed, and it is one that demands some time to unfold. While it suffers from no shortage in real fruity substance and offers upwards a tantalizing glimpse of early on complexity, information technology is serious, ageworthy wine that will not begin to evidence its stuff without three to v years in the cellar."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine, June 2011
"Supple pinot noir with complex flavors. Notes of blackberry, plum, toast, cola. Lush texture. Squeamish length."

Peg Melnik's "Wine List," Santa Rosa Press Democrat, April 10, 2011

2007

97 points

"It is not that this wine is bigger or bolder than its stablemates. Information technology just seems that way because its generous aromas seemingly jump out of the glass, and the layered quality of those aromas reinforces the notion that this is top-notch Pinot. Its full and supple impressions at entry are followed by ripe, deep and deliciously fruity flavors of sweet ruddy cherries, toasted bread, rich, flossy oak and hints of stale raspberries. Its initial hints of velvet might suggest early drinking, but this is a Pinot with lots and lots of potential for growth."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine, June 2010

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"Exquisitely balanced"

"Klopp is notable for its suave nonetheless robust personality, its ability to conjure upwardly a day in the country, picking blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries and the similar. And then in that location's the voluptuous scent of rose petals that sprint in and out – so redolent of Edwards, who finds relaxation and solace in tending to her own extensive rose garden at domicile between the winemaking and viticultural duties of her life's piece of work. In the winery, she'due south but every bit hands-on, blending blocks until she exquisitely balances acidity, ripeness and tannic construction, as in her 2007 Klopp."

Virginie Boone, "Uncorked," April 6, 2011
92 Points "Make Room in the Cellar"

"Medium-deep ruby color; very deep, spicy aromas with nighttime reddish and pepper notes; deep, rich, nighttime cherry flavors with earthy, pepper notes; moderate tannin and oak; good structure and balance. Deep, big Pinot that needs time to open."

PinotReport, Oct. i, 2010
92 points

"This is the best Klopp Ranch that I have covered. It is brilliant ruby colored and opens with a fragrant and attractive black cerise bouquet with a hint of strawberry. On the palate, this vino is medium bodied, very well counterbalanced, and extremely elegant."

"Pinots on Parade 2010," KensWineGuide.com, July 21, 2010
94 points

Wine Enthusiast, March 2010
A+

"Outstanding in this incarnation."

Drinkhacker.com, Wine Spectator K Tour Las Vegas 2010
91 points

"Smooth and harmonious, with supple plum, black crimson, anise and sage notes that are complex, full-bodied and tilting toward subtlety and finesse."

James Laube, Wine Spectator Insider, March 10, 2010
91 points

"Bonny, frontwards, intense, plummy, toasty, black raspberry and blackberry fruit scent with cedary notes and hints of cola, mocha and rhubarb ... rich, plush, toasty black cherry fruit flavors ... Very highly recommended."

California Grapevine, Feb.-March 2010
nine.5 / 10 points

"Medium to dark garnet in the drinking glass, this wine smells of cranberry, mixed with some plummy qualities and a note of wet forest aroma. In the mouth it has a light cocoa powder beat out and a cadre of night raspberry that dips even deeper over time into earthier zones. Nicely balanced and finely grained, it lasts through a long stop."

Alder Yarrow, vinography.com, March 24, 2009

2006

96 Points

"No. 28 of the meridian 100 wines of 2009"

Wine Enthusiast, December 2009

2005

"Concentrated ... well-integrated"

"The grapes are farmed by noted winegrower Ted Klopp in a absurd area featuring Goldridge sandy soils. Darkly colored. Welcoming olfactory organ of oak-kissed black cherries, earth, tea and cola. Total-bodied and deep dark stone fruits and blueberries are well-integrated with subtle oak and gentle tannins, finishing with some orangish peel citric tang."

The Pinot File, Jan. i, 2009

2004

92 points

"…rich black cherry and blackberry fruit and hints of anise and cedar.
Finishes with a long, intricate aftertaste."

James Laube, Vino Spectator, May 31, 2007

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91 points

"We have go accepted to Klopp Ranch offerings as the ripest and fattest wines in the winery's portfolio. … It is well-fruited and never austere with a long, blackness-cherry finish."

Connoisseurs' Guide, June 2007
92.i Points

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Cellartracker.com, Jan. 23, 2008
91 points

"This full-bodied wine practically explodes with intense black fruit flavors and spice."

Michael Apstein, winereviewonline.com, May 15, 2007
90 points

"(A)ttractive, frontwards, intense, spicy, smoky … ripe black cherry-red fruit flavors with a layer of creamy oak. Very highly recommended."

California Grapevine, April-May 2007
92 points

"Edwards is one of California's finest interpreters of the fickle Pinot Noir grape and this violet-scented bottling shows why."

Nutrient & Vino, Apr 2007

2003

Pinot Noir of the Twelvemonth

"(Thousand)reat fruit expression and complexity … the vino only gets improve and better."

Steve Pitcher, Vino News, December/Jan 2006-07

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Robb Recommends

"Exhibits the nighttime color and rich texture of a cabernet, all the same its lively acids and wonderful rose-petal aromas remind one that this is pinot at its purest."

Robb Report, Nov. xxx, 2010
91.2 Points

Community Tasting

Cellartracker.com, Nov. 17, 2008
Pinot Noir #21

The Wine Spectator's Height 100 Wines of 2006
95 points, Spectator Selection

"The all-time Pinot I've had from this esteemed producer. … Impeccable balance, lively acerbity and tremendous fruit complexity."

James Laube, The Vino Spectator Online, March 22, 2006
93 points

Wine Enthusiast, July 2006
93 points

"Despite its size, it maintains a complex elegance."

Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast, June 2006
92 points

Pinot Study, Consequence #38
90 points

"Smooth and velvety."

Steve Pitcher, The Wine News, April/May 2006
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"A supple, full-bodied, elegantly styled wine, which has refined, complex flavors."

Ronn Wiegand, Restaurant Wine, Consequence #111

2002

ninety points

"Firm, intense and concentrated, with an engaging wild streak running through the zesty blackberry and wild berry fruit flavors."

James Laube, The Wine Spectator, Aug. 31, 2004

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94 points

"Bold, silky and full of deep circuitous flavors."

PinotReport, Issue #28
90 Points

"It is a deep, outgoing, very well-muscled vino … about every bit rich every bit they come."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines, February 2005
"Splendid … supple and medium-rich … concentrated, long on the palate."

Ronn Wiegand, Eatery Wine, Issue #104
Top 100 Wines of 2004

"Big, dark and powerful"

San Francisco Relate, Dec. 5, 2004
"Edwards has become the grande dame of Pinot for wines similar this supple, spicy, berry-toned example."

Jamal A. Rayyis, Nutrient & Vino Wine Guide, Jan. 12, 2006
"Exceptional"

Dan Berger's Vintage Experiences, Feb. 17, 2005
"Sweet, succulent and serious."

Thom Elkjer, WineCountry.com, January/February 2005
California's Best Wines of the Year

"Silky-smooth texture, supple, fine-grained tannins and fine acid balance complete the elegant bundle."

The Wine News, December 2004/January 2005
"Rich colour, deep concentration of season. This is a seriously rich and intense vino … an outstanding case of what Pinot Noir can be in California."

Narsai David, KCBS radio, Nov. 17, 2004
"Highly recommended"

The California Grapevine, December 2004-Jan 2005

2001

93 points

Rated among the top thirteen of the Year'southward Best Pinot Noirs: "The Klopp Vineyard grew a luxurious pinot in 2001."

Wine & Spirits, February 2005

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91 points

"It is divers as much past juicy fruit equally it is by its riper traits. Fixed on keenly focused cherries and adorned with lots of complementary oak, it builds on the palate."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine, Feb 2004
"Exceptional ... succulent and rich, an exceptional wine, with fine balance and length. It is full bodied, concentrated in flavor (raspberry, plum, cherry, with notes of tobacco, cedar and smoky oak), with a long, persistent finish."

Ronn Wiegand, Restaurant Wine, Issue #99
"This year, wines from both the '01 and '02 vintages scored well with us. Top amongst them was the '01 Klopp Ranch Pinot Noir. It's pinot in luxury mode, rich and smooth ... a virtual snapshot of the lush but balanced nature of Edwards' wines."

Ray Island, managing editor, Wine & Spirits Annual Buying Guide
"Glorious wines from a diversity of Sonoma vineyards. I particularly enjoyed ... the 2001 Klopp Ranch."

The Seattle Times, Paul Gregutt, March 24, 2004
"Immediately my favorite from the starting time sniff. Lush richness with intensity & structure. This wine will historic period very much like a French Burgundy. Very impressive."

Nutrient & Wine Editor Narsai David, KCBS Radio, Jan. xiii, 2004

2000

91 points

"Deftly balanced, ripe and richly flavored… . Intense and concentrated, with house, integrated tannins."

James Laube, The Wine Spectator, Apr 10, 2003

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From the Robb Cellar

"Worthy of a identify in your private collection. ... This is the Pinot Noir to satisfy devotees of Cabernet who debate that the erstwhile grape packs as well little punch. An outstanding single-vineyard Pinot Noir ... full-bodied, richly textured and mouthwateringly luscious."

The Robb Report, May 2003
91 points

"Final yr's Klopp Ranch offering was the biggest and fullest of the Merry Edwards' quartet, and nada changes in 2000. Yet again a wine of concentration, ripeness and ample mass."

Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines, May 2003
92 points

The Wine Enthusiast, February 2003
Very highly recommended

California Grapevine, Dec 2002-January 2003
No. 5

The PinotReport, Special Awards Outcome 2002
Eating house Vino, Issue #92
94 points

"This is a complex, deep and delicious Pinot with lots to offering. Despite its depth, the vino'due south balance volition tempt you to drink it all now, but exist patient."

PinotReport, October 2002

1999

Best Pinot Noir Over $20

"(L)ushly textured, fruit-packed wine with a room-filling bouquet."

Nutrient & Wine Mag, American Wine Awards, October 2002

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