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| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2019 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wineshlub on 1/21/2020 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured. Intense apricot aroma. Pear flavor leads, with subtle elements of lichee and stone fruit underneath. Citrus and minerals in the finish. Beguiling, subtle, some complexity, good backbone. Excellent wine, great QPR. (1029 views) | | | Tasted by vin0vin0 on 11/16/2016 & rated 88 points: Purchase this after tasting with Marcus at his place in McMinnville. For pinot gris, this is an excellent wine. More stone fruit than citrus but with some nice acidity. In addition to the fruit there's some nice spice along with a tongue coating waxy texture. This is a great alternative for the unoaked chard lovers and a fantastic QPR. (1485 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 10/7/2016 & rated 91 points: Tasting at Goodfellow (McMinnville, Oregon): Winery tasting. Full nose of waxy, round orchard fruit. Palate has round fruit with bright, chewy acid. This is surprisingly lush with great body to match the acidic verve. Intense across the palate. Very well done. (1934 views) | | | Tasted by randyjc on 4/25/2016 & rated 91 points: This stuff is a wonderful bargain as a spring and early summer wine. Or even warm fall days. It has a nose of pear and not-ripe melon and the pear comes through on the palate with slightly riper melon notes on the early finish. The acidity is restrained, leaving a smooth mouth feel. It is more rich than I anticipated with a moderate to moderate/short finish that just fades beautifully with no discordant notes. Tasted blind I would have thought it to be a mostly-steel tank fermented chardonnay - some neutral wood maybe. For $20 bucks, this is hard to beat. (1651 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, Oregon: Beyond Pinot Noir (Jan 2017) (1/1/2017)
(Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Gris Reserve Clover Oregon) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Goodfellow Family Cellars Producer websitePinot GrisFrom Pinot Gris Wikipedia entry:
Wines made from the Pinot gris vary greatly and are dependent on the region and wine making style they are from. Alsatian Pinot gris are medium to full bodied wines with a rich, somewhat floral bouquet. They tend to be spicy in comparisons with other Pinot gris. While most Pinot gris are meant to be consumed early, Alsatian Pinot gris can age well. German Pinot gris are more full-bodied with a balance of acidity and slight sweetness. In Oregon the wines are medium bodied with a yellow to copper-pink color and aromas of pear, apple, and/or melon. In California, the Pinot gris are more light bodied with a crisp, refreshing taste with some pepper and arugula notes. The Pinot grigio style of Italy is a light-bodied, often lean wine that is light in color with sometimes spritzy flavors that can be crisp and acidic. Although this wine can be very sweet, it will begin to lose its acidity when it is nearly ripe.
Pinot gris is considered an "early to market wine" that can be bottled and out on the market within 4–12 weeks after fermentation.
Varietal character (Appellation America)
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Tarte tatinUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.Oregon Oregon Wine, Oregon Wineries (Oregon Wine Board)Willamette Valley Willamette Valley Wineries Association | Willamette Valley (Oregon Wine Board)
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#2012 vintage:
"Broadly speaking, the Willamette Valley's 2012 pinots are fleshy and fruit-dominated, with round tannins and forward personalities. The fruit tends to the darker side of the pinot spectrum--think cherry and blackberry rather than strawberry and raspberry, much less cranberry and redcurrant--and this gives the wines massive crowd appeal. The best wines also have the depth to age, so don't be fooled by their accessible nature in the early going." - Josh Raynolds
#2013 vintage:
"The key to a successful foray into the ‘13s is first to understand that in most instances the wines lean to the red fruit side of Pinot Noir; they tend to be tangy and tightly wound but often lack concentration. While some wines may put on weight and gain sweetness with bottle age, that’s a gamble I’ll personally leave to others. The 2013s also tend to lack the tannic structure for more than mid-term aging although they will likely endure on their acidity, which I suspect will usually outlast the fruit in this vintage" - Josh Raynolds
#2014 vintage:
"The 2014 vintage in Oregon may be remembered as the vintage of a lifetime [for growers] . . . these wines as they will be similar to the 2009 vintage . . . lovely, ripe, rich, deeply concentrated and aromatic" - winebusiness.com
"The conditions made it relatively easy to make good wines, with no worries about achieving ripeness, and the lack of frost risk allowed us to keep grapes on the vine as long as we wished." - Casey McClellan |
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