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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Border Boss on 3/16/2019: tart citrus, mineral, dense mouthfeel from some oak, good acidity but not in your face. Excellent aperitif wine with cheese, scallop, tuna or smoked salmon. (303 views) | | Tasted by 3daywinereview.com on 7/13/2018 & rated 92 points: Day 1: Outstanding and even better than the last bottle. Lemon, stones, floral, subtle spices and match stick. Great acidity and medium finish. I am not sure this will make it to day 3 reviewing. 92 points Day 2: Complete decline. This is a day 1 wine only. Lost a lot of the fruit on day 2. 85 points Recommendation: Pop and pour and consume within a year. Day 3: Came back to life. Good fruit along with stones and subtle spices. While much better than day 2 I still believe drink on day 1 and consume the bottle. 88 points Recommendation: Drink now up until 2019. Consume on day 1. (504 views) | | Tasted by 3daywinereview.com on 12/9/2017 & rated 90 points: Really nice with shell, citrus and subtle spice. Short to medium finish and good acidity. Drink now. (551 views) |
| Witness Tree Vineyard Producer WebsitePinot Blanc 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) 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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