March 10, 2023 - Drinking beautifully with notrs of raspberries and cranberries. All elements, tannins, fruit, etc., nicely integrated for an enjoyable Willamette Valley experience.
February 4, 2023 - Medium-dark red color. PNP, drank a couple glasses over 2.5 hours. Earth and high toned underbrush cherry, big spices and hnts of vanilla. Blackberry. Black cherry, earth, coarse ground tobacco, underbrush and a metallic minerality. Opened nicely after about 30 to 60 minutes.
December 9, 2022 - Delicious mature PN. Very well balanced with excellent depth. Good for several more years.
June 26, 2022 - Wonderful. Tanins not fully integrated with good flavors of cherry, strawberry and graphite. Needed about 45 minutes in the glass to peak.
May 29, 2022 - The wine opened beautifully in about 40 minutes with balanced and delicious attributes.
May 2, 2022 - In some ways this is almost unmoved from my previous bottle six years ago. Still ripe, juicy, plenty of red fruit etc. However, it felt a little warm on the finish, and a bit too much last time round. Either this bottle, or I, have mellowed in the interim. It’s still ripe and full, but the warmth is hardly noticeable if at all, and while it’s still plush it doesn’t feel my more so than say a 2018 burgundy, and less so than some of those I’ve tasted (e.g. Dujac MSD). Encouraging. Next one in four or five years…. ***
November 27, 2021 - Still kicking and very good. Paired with honey broiled Norwegian salmon and khamut with fennel, onion, and cranberry braised in a light orange sauce. The acid is mellow, but present, as is the dusty cherry, mint, cinnamon, maple syrup, and blood orange. Lovely wine with enough body to make it interesting.
September 26, 2021 - Delicious!
August 24, 2021 - Still a nice balance of fruit. Last of this vintage. Looking forward to drinking 2017 vintage in a year or two
June 20, 2021 - Beautiful accompaniment with a braised lamb. Ruby with cherry, berry and plum. This is a classic Oregon pinot at it's peak.