Community Tasting Note

pinothoarder wrote:

Saturday, December 15, 2012 - Deep Roots Coalition; 2008 Oregon Pinot noir 4-flight tasting: 4-flight tasting; 2008 vintage sampling from producer-members of the Deep Roots Coalition (Google it)
HIGHLY recommend consuming within the first 2 hours of opening.
Decanted 1 hour and consumed over 7 hours. This should really be a pop-n-pour, as it really seemed to fall off a cliff after hour 3.
A very feminine style with a sweet, ripe raspberry foundation; supported by early dusty notes in hour 1, then transforms into the floral end of the spectrum by hour 2. It’s in that 1-2 hour window when this baby really shines. I’d give WS the 96 pt nod if the juice would just maintain the magic of that 1-2 hour window. Alas, 93 pts over-all score for the 7 hour evening. This has integrated nicely over the last 18 months and is likely entered the early stages of its peak arc. The shallow drinking window concerns me though; leading me to believe that its life may be short lived. Advisable to drink the majority of what you have by 2015.

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