Mike H’s Oregon @ Hawthorne

Tasted Tuesday, May 23, 2023 by SimonG with 116 views

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  • 2017 00 Wines Pinot Noir Hyland 92 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills

    Bright mid ruby. Nicely bright mid red fruit nose. Lovely, real energy. Relatively leggy in the glass. Silky. Cool red fruit. Slightly candied red fruit nose. Just a touch of heat on the finish but not too much. Elegant and bright. ****

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  • 2014 Brick House Pinot Noir Evelyn's 91 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Ribbon Ridge

    Slightly duller, dense mid ruby. Fuller and denser on the nose. Some spice. Quite leggy in the glass. Some evolution here. Heat too. Rounded, a pinch of sous bois and a little caramel. Full but not overdone though the alcohol does feel a little out of kilter at the moment. **(**)

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  • 2018 Sequitur Pinot Noir 90 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Ribbon Ridge

    Dense full ruby. Dense and rounded. The larger glass cf the other wines isn’t helping - alcohol fumes in a brandy balloon. Doesn’t suit it. Heady. Needs time and needs to be cooler. after an hour or so the nose is far more approachable and floral in the glass, the alcohol seemingly having evaporated. Lots of wine here, but the wrong circumstances in which to shine. **(*1/2). Score likely to be conservative. Hopefully.

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  • 2015 Antica Terra Pinot Noir Botanica 90 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley

    Dense mid ruby. A savoury aspect to the tannins. A woody, licorice, herbal density here. Savoury. Not particularly cuddly. A touch of spearmint as it opens. Split the table, but I wasn’t a particular fan ***1/2

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  • 2005 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir Laurène 91 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills

    Deep, dense ruby.Dark and getting darker. Consistent with a bottle six months ago — this has gone from being lovely a decade ago to a dark, brooding monster, tightening and darkening in the glass from a mid ruby tasting sample, to dense, light sapping darkness ten minutes later. Lots of wine here. But uncompromising. Needed larger glasses and to be five degrees cooler. **(**) or is it (**)**

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