Community Tasting Notes 13

• ttriant Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 4, 2015 - Dark Red color, great nose.
  berry, tobacco flavors.
  Drink 2015-2018

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• newkid Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 26, 2014 - Bright brick red; excellent clarity. Very aromatic nose of spice, cherry and prune. In the mouth, cherry, cola, bacon fat. Rich and smooth, w/some tannin (!). A beautiful wine, with a lot of life remaining. It was drunk with poached salmon after opening, and finished the next night with roast chicken. A winner on both occasions!

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• Billigan wrote: 89 points

  April 19, 2013 - Opened with a touch of nail polish on the nose, but that blew off and settled in with a nice Burgundian vibe of mushroomy, floral, and spicy scents. The beguiling nose didn't quite follow through on the palate, which seemed listless and flat with a clipped finish. I felt as though I was a couple years too late to the party with this one.

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• Dennis Graves wrote: 93 points

  April 27, 2012 - Given that I have almost always been disappointed by older Oregon and California pinots, I was stunned by how well this wine has held up. Although now 18 years old, in my cool, humidity controlled cellar, this wine will live another 5 years. And it was gorgeous: rich, full, balanced. Perhaps not as complex as a great older Burgundy, but better than any of the many 95 burgundies I have had over the last year. Lovely. VERY enjoyable.

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• KeithAkers wrote: 94 points

  July 30, 2011 - Older Oregon Pinots (Wildwood, Portland OR): nose: sexy and polished nose that took a bit to unravel, but emerged with beautiful tones of red fruits, roses, violets, red cherries and a bunch of fresh picked berries
  
  taste: plush medium/full body with medium+ acidity and silky tones of red fruits, roses, red cherries and fresh picked berries. Very well layered and regal on the palate
  
  overall: I really wish I had more time with this. This was everything I wanted and then some. This just kept getting better and better with more air and was my personal wotn

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• Vintage 1994
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Drouhin Oregon
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Laurène
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Oregon
• SubRegion Willamette Valley
• Appellation Dundee Hills

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• In Cellars 56 (62%)
• Consumed 34 (38%)

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