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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.4 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by The Wine Write on 12/18/2018 & rated 88 points: Sour cherry/cranberry aromatics and flavors, but pepper is the big calling card. Plenty of life. (808 views) | | | Tasted by Giacomo on 12/15/2018: 4/5, a delicious wine. If tasted blind, would have mistaken it for a delicious Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. Came across as a very well made wine. Beautiful acidity with mild delicious fruit.
A strong buy again. (680 views) | | | Tasted by Wineson on 8/25/2016 & rated 89 points: This wine needs more time to breathe than I gave it. At the end of the bottle it was tasting great. (1340 views) | | | Tasted by Wineson on 1/9/2016 & rated 89 points: This wine is finally getting there. The acidic finish is fading, still there, but much more muted. Good tart cherry. Not much pepper. (1549 views) | | | Tasted by Sycamore on 8/11/2015: Good underlying material, but still pretty peppery. Hold for at least another year. (1734 views) | | | Tasted by Nutty08 on 10/25/2014 & rated 89 points: Tart cherry nose and palate that's adds a little plushness with air as this was pretty abrasive upon opening. Not as much pyrizine/pepper as last year. Good. (1797 views) | | | Tasted by theronware on 10/13/2014 & rated 86 points: Lots of white pepper and tart berries on the nose. Palate dominated by acid, with a green vegetal aspect. Not very pleasurable. (1721 views) | | | Tasted by Wineson on 8/15/2014 & rated 89 points: Pretty good, but a little acidic. (1263 views) | | | Tasted by Chrisinroch on 3/23/2014 flawed bottle: Not sure of the fault...maybe VA? Nose dominated by cedar. In the mouth; acidic, harsh, no fruit, unpleasant tannic finish. (1308 views) | | | Tasted by Spl232 on 12/3/2013 & rated 88 points: perfect thanksgiving wine. (1384 views) | | | Tasted by Rabakatz on 11/28/2013: Funny almost sour taste. Didn't do anything for the turkey dinner (986 views) | | | Tasted by njc2o on 11/24/2013 & rated 90 points: Fresh and young. Bright high-toned red fruit. Sweet and juicy. Acid is there, but not excessive. Not getting as much vegetal character as other notes. Would be interesting to drink aged, but I think a lot of the wine is based in the fruit, and 5 years from now this wine could just be bland. (1214 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 11/9/2013 & rated 87 points: Nerdy California Wines (Domaine - Washington, DC): An interesting Oregon take on Gamay. Sour and black cherries on the nose. The palate shows tangy acid, tart strawberries and cranberries, and lots of green pepper, pickles and green vegetal notes. Fun, unique, but a bit strange perhaps. A nice peppery kick to the finish. Fresh and light, perhaps a year or two will tone down some of the greener aspects? (1734 views) | | | Tasted by Nutty08 on 8/31/2013 & rated 90 points: Pinot Weekend - Second Willamette Valley Trip; 8/30/2013-9/2/2013 (Dundee, OR): This is such an interesting wine. Black pepper really dominates the nose. Palate is quite dense and structured, tannins are a bit coarse, with meat/game notes and a black cherry and blackberry profile. Finish is a bit clipped, but still a nice interesting expression of gamay. (1738 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 7/29/2013 & rated 87 points: Willamette Valley Oregon Trip 4 & 1/2 Days; 7/29/2013-8/4/2013 (Willamette Valley, Oregon): Medium red color. Neutral French oak. Has a nice fruity nose, strawberry, berry, pepper. The palate is a bit thin, tannic, dry, berry. (2288 views) | | | Tasted by ucbeau on 5/14/2013: Popped and poured. Notes of hazelnut, cherry, cranberry, river rock, and balsamic appear with some swirling. Lots of ripe fruit on the palate, tempered by nicely integrated acidity. A bit of a fizzy sensation lifts the red fruit flavors. The finish is lively, with a brief wisp of chocolate cake frosting before it ends with grape stem and red cherry flavors. Absolutely delightful wine. Nicely balanced. (932 views) | | | Tasted by Wicker Parker on 1/4/2013: This seems to have a case of the green meanies right now, which should resolve over the coming year. (1549 views) | | | Tasted by Wineson on 11/16/2012 & rated 86 points: Pnp. Not ready. A little off. I'm not going to open one of these again for a while. (1278 views) |
| Brick House Producer Website
In 1994 we began assembling plant material for one of the most exciting slopes on our forty-acre farm: the swale and ridge right outside the front windows of our old brick home. Rolling gently from our north boundary fence to the foot of tall Douglas fir in our woods, it is a south facing ridge with exposure on both the east and west sides of the central spine.
For such a site, we sought the finest plants available: the new “Dijon clones” of Pinot Noir were just beginning to find their way to West Coast nurseries. We ordered Dijon clones 113 and 115 from King Estate’s plant propagation program and grafted clone 114 from the nursery and Domaine Drouhin Oregon and planted them over nearly nine acres of ground one stormy February day in 1995.
Four years later the first wine from the Dijon block -- the 1998 “Les Dijonnais”-- was awarded 94 points by the Wine Spectator. Ten years after that vintage a Spectator retrospective placed the “Les Dijonnais” at the top of the chart of Oregon’s 1998 Pinot Noirs. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate honored the 2002 “Les Dijonnais” with 94 points. The 2005, 2006 and 2007 “D.J.’s” garnered more acclaim as the vines matured and the winemaker grew more confident in how best to handle their wonderful fruit. Gamay Noir Varietal character (Appellation America)USAAmerican 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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