Community Tasting Note

David Paris (dbp) wrote:

Saturday, May 23, 2009 - Memorial Day weekend tasting, 2008 Oregon Pinot Noir barrel samples (Northern Willamette Valley): Barrel sample, to be bottled in a few months. Very dark color. Fruit reduction on the nose, lots of balsamic notes. Almost syrupy on the nose. Big deep, dark acidic fruit and soil. Like a dirty and raspberry stew. Wow, finish shows a ton of red apples, logan berries, lots of acidity. Very strange Pinot Noir, with deeper flavors than usually expressed. It feels unfinished, and not showing very good varietal typicity. Not sure where this thing's going... could totally fall off the rocker, or pull it together. (86-91 points)

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