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Red

2011 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard

Dundee Hills more

6/28/2013 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 93 points

Whoa nelly, this wine is absolutely outstanding for the vintage. Wonderful nose showing funky earth, dark fruit and spices. The palate has absolutely wonderful mouthfeel and flavor intensity and yet feels nearly weightless on the palate. Dark red fruit, grapefruit, clay and gravel show on the palate. Already balanced, already integrated, this is drinking fantastic now but has what I think is a very bright future. The best 2011 OPN I have tried so far, this is really, really good. 93+

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White - Off-dry

2010 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling 'Rotlay'

Mosel Saar Ruwer more

8/29/2013 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 92 points

This is a massively sweet wine. Powerful flavors showing even chilled down to refrigerator temp. Carries a wonderful bouquet of fresh oranges, melons, ripe sweet and sour apples, tangerine, peaches and other stone fruit. There is such weight and persistence here and it lingers for quite a while, it's easy to find many different flavors in the mouth. I like the progression of fresh, sour fruit into ripe sweet fruit as the wine lingers and finishes. As I said earlier, this is massively sweet, and letting it creep up to room temp yesterday, it was almost going unbalanced. Serve chilled, but I would not recommend drinking this anytime soon, rather bury your bottles for a later date. If you do drink this now, drink it as a dessert wine at the end of the night. 92++ EDIT: To speak to Levenberg's note, the acidity is barely in balance here, when chilled. As it warms, it definitely seems overly sweet for the amount of acidity it carries.

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White - Sweet/Dessert

2009 Château Rieussec

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more

9/13/2013 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 93 points

Balanced to a T with wonderful flavor and texture. This is going to be absolutely wonderful with some age.

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Red

2008 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

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7/26/2014 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 88 points

This wine changed considerably with time in glass, initially it was showing lots of earth and mushroom on the nose, over time the nose is all tart cherries and roses with a musty, loamy note. In the mouth it is lighter bodied, showing young cherries with an dark earthy note under the fruit flavors. The fruit turns tart and lightly sour as the wine finishes. Once the fruit flavors relax, there is a light earthy, mushroom note. The acid is fine and pairs nicely with the fruit flavors, tannins are present but not aggressive. Overall a nice wine, showing a bit closed tonight in my opinion. It shows good complexity and nuance, perhaps more time in bottle will relax the tart, near sour edge the fruit currently shows.

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Red

2008 Ken Wright Pinot Noir Carter Vineyard

Eola - Amity Hills more

7/6/2013 - gripNsip wrote: NR

I don't know where to go with a score on this still as I feel this is still super tight. There is some great things going on in the nose, a bit of cherry pie and crust, dried fig, mushroom, damp earth. Smells pretty good. Those flavors play out initially, some nice rich fruit and earthy flavors but the structure is still pretty strong on this. I know there is more here but it's a bit over acidic and tannic in the finish. I've got 2 more bottles, I'd give these a lot of time (2-3 years at least?) based on this. I'll re-try this tomorrow, for now I'd place it around 87-88 points.

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White - Off-dry

2010 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling 'Rotlay'

Mosel Saar Ruwer more

1/25/2017 - gripNsip Likes this wine: NR

This drinks likes a BA, texturally. Sticky sweet but dances on the tongue. Killer acid. Extremely complex flavors and aroma. Unbelievable value here.

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Red

2008 Antinori Chianti Classico Marchese Antinori Riserva

Chianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more

8/29/2013 - gripNsip wrote: 88 points

Open 24 hours: Smells like dark cherries and plums crushed onto hot, fresh asphalt. Really quite smooth and easy to drink today, I remember the structure being a bit overpowering yesterday. Dark fruit flavors show initially leading into bright acids on the finish. Nice body and persistence, as I take more sips the tannins build and build. Less stones and tar than I got on the nose, the fruit is easily the initial flavor currently. Overall a really nice wine. Drinking better a day later than as a PnP, so if you plan on drinking it soon I would suggest decanting it.

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Red

2011 Seven of Hearts Pinot Noir Armstrong Vineyard

Ribbon Ridge more

3/24/2013 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 88 points

Smells distinctly Oregon but shows brighter cherry components on the nose and a bit of burnt wood. The palate shows bright cherry and raspberry fruit. Pretty intense for a 2011, which pairs nicely with the stronger acidity and tannic structure this wine carries. As the structure relaxes in the finish there is a touch of sweet red fruit left over which is quite nice. This is one I would age.

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Red

2012 Seven of Hearts Pinot Noir Curmudgeon Cuvée Armstrong Vineyard

Ribbon Ridge more

8/2/2014 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 100 points

Shitty shit mcshit shat a shaterson shitmonger shitbrick shitty shit shit my shit poop shit. 100+ because I am Bobby Parkerchuk.

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Red

2006 Ramey Cabernet Sauvignon Larkmead Vineyard

Napa Valley more

10/21/2012 - gripNsip wrote: 90 points

Huge nose on this, dark cherry, blackberry, vanilla, menthol, rosemary dark chocolate. Very powerful aromas. Medium weighted, flavors of chocolate covered red fruit, dry earth, dark chocolate, tobacco. The high abv% shows in the mid-palate, overtaking the flavors for a small amount of time. The finish is long, dark fruits with a dark chocolate edge. Delicious wine overall, well-made and balanced, just a bit hot.

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Red

2010 Elk Cove Vineyards Pinot Noir Clay Court Vineyard

Chehalem Mountains more

3/12/2012 - gripNsip wrote: 85 points

Nice nose, low intensity red fruit, soft and slightly rich. Also a bit of spice, possibly oak. The mouth feel is light, some bright and baked cherry fruit and toasted oak. The entry into the finish is pretty tart, showing a bit of citrus zest in the finish with an almost bitter edge. Some red fruit does outlast this but is faint. Like my 2007's from Elk Cove, I'll sit on these a few years and cross my fingers. The 2007's came around, and these should too. 85+

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Red

2008 Ken Wright Pinot Noir Carter Vineyard

Eola - Amity Hills more

11/15/2017 - gripNsip wrote: NR

Doesn't smell very good. Cranberries, pie cherries. Smells ripe. On the palate, dried cherries and cranberry, red tea. Structurally still holding well, however the acid is a bit strong. Blind I'd probably call this a 2009 which is weird because it's 13.2% on the label, but still tastes ripe and somewhat alcoholic, or perhaps the acid is making me think it's more alcoholic than it is. Overall, it's ok. Maybe I'm being too critical. This wine was quite good on release and each bottle I've opened has been really underwhelming as I've been aging it.

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Red

2012 Haden Fig Pinot Noir

Willamette Valley more

12/12/2013 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 88 points

Old dark cherries, dried roses and potpourri on the nose. Smells nice. The palate shows straight-forward flavors of cherries and red berries with some stems. Acidity is in a good place and the tannins are very gentle, almost to the point of being non-existent. What's impressive is the intensity and length on the palate of the fruit, there is a presence on the palate of the flavors long after the wine is swallowed. Overall very delicious.

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Red

2006 De Ponte Cellars Pinot Noir Dundee Hills

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6/17/2013 - gripNsip wrote: 84 points

Tasted in 2001-2011 vertical: I can say what was one of my favorite wines early in my wine hobby has fallen out of favor with me. Perhaps it was other great wines in this line-up, but the imperfections of this wine really stuck out this time. The nose was really dark, showing almost port-ish dark fig, prune and old blackberry fruit. Rich palate initially, jammy blackberry fruit, good earthy terroir in the mid-palate but the high alcohol of this wine overtakes the finish, showing a lot of boozy heat which closes off the finish and wrecks any sense of balance. Sad. I'd be interested to have this wine alone some night as these sort of tastings really make obvious the good and bad qualities of wines, but today this wasn't doing well. My least favorite of the vertical, also my last bottle of nearly 4 cases of this wine I had purchased and consumed over the years.

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Red

2009 Cameron Pinot Noir Reserve

Dundee Hills more

5/28/2013 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 90 points

Open 24 hours: Smells freaking rad. Smells like strawberries dusted in powdered sugar initially, searching deeper there is some darker fruit, old blackberries, a bit of raisin, gravel road and grape stems. The palate is ripe cherries with less ripe strawberry and cranberry, with the flavors getting a bit darker as the wine finishes. Medium texture with slightly over-medium acidity and late, fine grained tannins. Overall, really nice wine and a killer value. I'm liking the sweet fruit on both nose and palate, great expression of ripe fruit. Don't know how it will age but it seems in a good place today, I would say there is no rush.

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Red

2010 Teutonic Wine Company Pinot Noir Oregon Pinot Noir Laurel Vineyard

Chehalem Mountains more

5/9/2013 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 90 points

(Open 2 hours, 2nd glass): This is in a nice place tonight, smells like a bag of dried cranberries, young cherries and a hint of red tea. Smells really good, there is just a hint of richness too in the nose that is great. The palate is youthful red fruit, young cherry, under-ripe but red strawberries, pomegranate and cranberry. Bright, juicy acidity spikes up in the finish and shows good balance to the intensity of the fruit flavors. The tannins are subtle but present, showing just a bit of grip to the gums and cheeks with intensity below that of the fruit and acids. The finish is nice, the fruit that shows a bit of a tart edge initially shows a bit of richness after the acids relax with red tea and fruit. This bottle is showing a bit more weight than the last bottle, I know this is 11% abv but it's showing a bit more substance tonight. Killer juice.

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Red

2011 Evesham Wood Pinot Noir Le Puits Sec

Eola - Amity Hills more

1/10/2014 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 87 points

Reserved nose of dried cranberry, wet clay and something floral, edging toward roses. The nose is more interesting than immediately delicious. I'm going to agree with a previous user's comment that this is surprisingly easy on tannins for a Le Puits Sec, I would say this is drinking good now. Dark cherries lead into some cranberries and a strong herbal note as the wine is swallowed. The tannins pick up intensity the more you sip the wine, however they have a nice texture and don't overwhelm the mouth. This shows nicely balanced acidity. Overall not what I expected, perhaps a bit "boring" for a Le Puits Sec, this seems rather lazy compared to the nervous, somewhat energetic nature I expect from this wine.

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Red

1988 Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more

11/7/2013 - gripNsip Likes this wine: NR

PnP'd at cellar temp, consumed over a few hours. I didn't keep notes, but was amazed at how the wine kept changing as the time went on. Amazingly youthful for a 25-year-old wine. Wonderful texture to the tannins. Overall a wonderful and delicious wine. Poured side-by-side with a 1991 Latour, everyone at the table agreed this was the better of the two wines that night.

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Red

2011 Cameron Pinot Noir Reserve

Dundee Hills more

12/7/2016 - gripNsip Does not like this wine: 82 points

Day 1, this was tart, thin, and really, really austere. High acid. Tart fruit. Day 2, developed a bit more cherry flavor, spice. Enjoyable but not great. Day 3, terrible. Only tart fruited, high acid, blah. Day 4, down the drain. Really weird bottle of wine.

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White

2012 Evesham Wood Chardonnay Le Puits Sec

Eola - Amity Hills more

8/2/2014 - gripNsip wrote: 90 points

Smells wonderful, apples, limes, melon, oak and salt. The palate has lighter body with nice intensity, there is a sense of richness to the initial fruit on the palate. As the wine transitions into the finish, a spike of acid and lees-y tartness and texture can be felt, almost providing a tannic feel. The flavor lasts long into the finish and the acid really coats the mouth, settling into the cheeks and gums firmly. As I take more sips, the acid is a bit much and begs for some cheese or other rich food. Nicely integrated already although I would say the acid could use a year in bottle to integrate better and maybe mellow out a bit, hopefully. Overall a wonderful bottle of wine, really complex, and absolutely killer at $24 a bottle.

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Red

2012 Evesham Wood Pinot Noir Le Puits Sec

Eola - Amity Hills more

10/24/2014 - gripNsip wrote: 92 points

Crazy complex nose, red tea, floral, potpourri, red fruit, lightly herbal, mint. Smells awesome. The palate shows similar red tea, floral, bright red fruit and a light evergreen herbal, almost menthol component. Juicy texture and really nice structure, firm tannins and bright well integrated acidity. Overall a very complex wine. When Dan and I were drinking this he described this as "Burgundian" and I would agree. This is really nice wine, definitely one of the more interesting 2012's I've had thus far. 92+

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Red

2013 Franchere Syrah Havlin Vineyard Willamette Valley

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11/21/2014 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 87 points

Open 3 hours: This shows a lot of herbal notes on the nose, anise, clove, parsley, black pepper, menthol. The fruit isn't as easy to describe, perhaps plums or old, dry blueberries. It tastes lightly like blueberries, plums and young blackberries. The pepper on the nose shows very lightly on the palate. Ends with a big burst of acidity and tart fruit, and is lightly tannic in the finish. This is an interesting bottle of wine, perhaps would be better with food than on it's own. This states only 11.5% abv on the bottle but doesn't come across as light or austere. Overall a really cool bottle of wine worth checking out if you are interested in WV Syrah.

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Red

2009 Fausse Piste Syrah Riverrock Vineyard

Walla Walla Valley more

11/22/2012 - gripNsip wrote: 92 points

I really like VinLancster's note on this wine, I love this wines creamy mouthfeel, intense flavor and structure, and wonderfully long finish. Already surprisingly integrated and extremely compelling. Lots of minerality and earth to balance out the big fruit notes. Impeccably smooth. All of my family members loved this, all commenting on how soft and smooth it was. This is a very elegant expression of Washington Syrah, very well made.

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Red

2000 Château Jean de Gue

Lalande de Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend more

12/20/2012 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 90 points

Open 3 hours, enjoyed with pizza: Little to no bricking. Smells really good, cocoa, dried cherry, dried herbs, tobacco, gravel and the faintest hint of graphite, all integrated and somehow creamy. Awesome. Texturally this is really nice, medium bodied with balanced acidity and very mellow but present tannin that dry the gums very late. The flavors on the palate stick to black cherry and dried cranberry. The herbal thing from the nose is present but light, also some sweet pipe tobacco and rich earth in the mid-palate and finish. Doesn't finish short, but isn't long either, and ends cleanly and balanced. This is a really good wine that is drinking great now, showing some youth and a bit of age. No rush on this, I'd say, but if you have some in your cellar, but totally worth checking in a bottle if you have multiples.

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Red

2009 Matello Fool's Journey Deux Vert

Yamhill-Carlton Syrah Blend, Syrah more

12/1/2012 - gripNsip Likes this wine: 93 points

Crazy nose on this one, dark fruits and raw beef with blood, earth and strong herbal component and faint high cocoa chocolate. Smells killer. This is a lighter, more elegant expression of Syrah on the palate, the dark fruit shows initially but lends toward young red fruit and cranberry leading into the finish. Some great herbal notes show up, and this leans back toward the dark fruits in the finish. Shows wonderful texture and the acidity rises up strong in the finish. This is right on the upper limit for acidity in wine, combined with the intensity of the wine this shows really well now. This make two Willamette Valley Syrah wines I've had now, and this is a huge eye-opener as to what is possible for WV Syrah. This is crazy good.

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