Community Tasting Note
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fitzi wrote:
June 27, 2021 - I approached my first bottle from the fabled Oregon producer with enthusiasm, but it turned out to be a charmless brew of fruitless sour and arid tannins. Too young? It didn't taste flawed, just really mediocre. Hard to reconcile my experience with the note from April 2020 (Chablis28 appears to be describing Pinot from Dundee Valley, rather than Willamette, so, a different wine).
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Brix commented:
7/1/21, 12:24 PM - Your experience seems to be at odds with virtually all others (including my own), leading me to think you possibly had a subtly corked bottle? Or, alternatively, the Eyrie style is simply not to your liking... Also FYI the Dundee Hills AVA is located within the larger Willamette Valley AVA. Chablis28 was describing the same wine. Potato, potahto.
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fitzi commented:
8/2/21, 10:52 AM - Re: Dundee vs. Willamette, I deferred while writing to what I imagined to be superior knowledge in prior notes on this wine, which are sorted into two threads, one for Willamette and one for Dundee. Happy to defer to your knowledge now instead.
Re: flaw, I don't think so. After very extended air time - several days - an impressive volume of jammy fruit showed up, but the whole gestalt is still not for me - a burnt quality remains, slightly similar to what I've detected in some red Burgundy in hot years, and the acid-fruit combo was not really well-balanced, imho.
Re: differing from other notes, taste isn't determined by consensus or majority vote, and I try to call 'em like I see 'em.
All that said, in my admittedly haphazard sampling of the category, I've only come across one or two west coast Pinots that I'd rebuy - Ghostwriter and, possibly, Biggio Hamina - which adds context to my assessment. -
Brix commented:
9/7/21, 7:06 PM - I'm sorry I didn't see this response until now. I absolutely agree that one person's nectar is another's swill, and I applaud your personal take on tasting notes. I'm not familiar with Ghostwriter but I've had B-H wines and they're generally not my style, so I think we're safe in respectfully agreeing to disagree.
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fitzi commented:
9/9/21, 12:19 PM - I respectfully agree.