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| Community Tasting Notes (average 85 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by tanglenet on 5/7/2011: Purchased as a glass at Toast Wine Bar, Oakland. Served chilled. Cold nose of subdued fruit with a citrus component. On the entry, dry attack with kerosene, lime and chalk. Ends with some light grapefruit / citrus notes. Fair to Good. (1753 views) | | Tasted by oldgrowth45 on 1/9/2011: Drank over two nights. I'm a Riesling neophyte, so no formal score, just observations. Lemongrass and faint oily background on the nose. The palate shows creamy lemon curds, honey and mulled cider. Paired it with a variety of random foods (everything from a Greek vegie pizza to sushi) and it paired nicely with everything. The only detraction was the finish seemed lean, tart and clipped - like the wine was sourced from young vines. Still, all-in-all a nice bottle (1691 views) | | Tasted by David Paris (dbp) on 2/13/2010 & rated 85 points: Lucien Le Moine at Scott Paul, and other WV because we're there (Carlton, OR): Very smooth nose, soft, with some light pumpkin, lemon peel, and grape fruit. Medium body, and quite interesting in texture... not what I would call smooth at all; almost has gritty acidity, but a bit awkward. There's a bunch of tart acid on the back end, and leaves the mouth feeling like it was just coated in some thick liquid. A strange one. (2706 views) | | Tasted by gripNsip on 2/13/2010 & rated 85 points: A day tasting in the Willamette Valley with the usual suspects (Oregon): The nose was yellow apple, kiwi with lots of acidity showing. I wrote "not immediately appetizing" in my notes for the nose. The palate is very dry, the acidity hangs on for a long time. The fruit early on the palate is nice but the acidity here is a bit much. Would be good food wine. (2589 views) | | Tasted by subtlet on 2/13/2010 & rated 85 points: An Offer of Awesome Burgundy Inspires A Day of Tasting In the Willamette Valley (Willamette Valley): Pears, some honey, and a hint of floral aromas come through on the nose. It's clean on the palate, with mid strength acid that dries out nicely. Some pear flavors appear early and late, but they fade fairly quickly. (2635 views) |
| Lemelson Vineyards Producer WebsiteRiesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)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) On weinlagen-info including some single vineyards
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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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