March 12, 2017 - Tasting at a LWS and meeting an old friend for the first time (WRW): I brought this from home to add to the tasting. Dark ruby in color. 08 was a ripe vintage but this is starting to come around nicely. This was big in its youth but the seams have come together and though it has a lot of time left, it is showing well. Not quite at peak. Cherries and dark cherries on the nose. Clean. On the palate, there is some laying here. Dark cherry fruit prevails. Depth and slight layering. Good acidity. Nice finish. It is often hard to have patience with the non vineyard designate wines, but this one was worth it IMO.
August 12, 2016 - Held great promise at opening w/ strong ripe fruit on nose. First sips the best with typical cherry/ current notes. However, fruit faded quickly, and by Day 2 was almost completely absent. If I had more, I'd be drinking them up now.
January 5, 2016 - Purple in color. Nose of cherry, dark fruits. Still some tannins remaining; the fruit is black cherry. Last bottle, but this is still drinking very well.
March 15, 2015 - standard fare, balanced 1/2 bottle good night before travel
July 13, 2013 - Solid WV Pinot. Darker fruit than most OR Pinot's, very RRV like. Very smooth with good acidity. Liked this a lot!
September 8, 2012 - Nice balance; good acidity, a little cola, bright cherries in the nose. Surprised to see a glass stopper in the bottle at this price point. Good QPR.
June 22, 2012 - Awesome. Best Pinot we've had in a long time.
October 3, 2011 - light red in color, celery aroma, not much of a finish
September 17, 2011 - I wasn't crazy about the first one I purchased, and this one isn't that much better - berries up front, grass and such on the palate. That said, I think the world of the winery - the cabs and zins are incredible and the single vineyard pinots are out of the world good, but this just felt way too much like leftovers.
August 1, 2011 - Nice ruby color, good nose of red fruit and spice, soft tannins, very enjoyable effort.