Possibly the best Patricia Green wine I've had since our visit to the winery. But still just comparable to good Sonoma Pinots. Sorry Oregon, still a long ways to go.
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Decanted, notes from 2 hrs open. Still needs time to settle down. Nose showing baking spice, loads of black and red fruit, pepper, cranberry and a touch of lingering earthy minerality, that really gives this some depth. With even more time open, there seems to be some stem inclusion that makes this really deep... On the palate, great acidity, more baking spice and raspberry, a touch of bitterness and some heat on the peppery and mildly tannic finish. This would be much better if not for the heat on the finish... Paired with fennel/thyme and porcini/gruyere sausauges...the red pepper flake spice in the porcini/gruyere clashed with this...imo that means the oak is too dominant.
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First of two bottles I have of this, will taste the next alongside the Volcanic counterpart. Accompanied by a balsamic lamb and grain bowl. Decanted for ~30 minutes and left in-glass for another 15.
The wine is light-medium bodied with some slight cloudiness.
Lightly aromatic with an earthy quality lifted by black cherry and tea.
Lovely texture and liveliness on the back of the tongue, the wine opens with bramble and black cherry and carries sappiness for a satisfying and lengthy finish.
Quality stuff, never disappointed in PGC wines!
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Decanted. Nose was bold with loads of baking spice, black fruit, a touch of black tea, stoney minerality and some resin/pine sap in the background. On the palate, very bright acidity, with a touch more black tea and loads of black raspberry. Very juicy; leans a touch hot and peppery on the finish, but very well-balanced.
Day 2: Even better. Perhaps shows its alcohol a bit more.
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Tasting at Patricia Green Cellars (Chehalem Mountain): Winery tasting. From 3 sites -- Lias, Olenik and PGC Estate. The nose here is brooding with black cherry, herbs and pine notes. Palate is well framed with acidity. Black cherry, earth and herbs. Persistent with darker/earthy tones.
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7/19/2023 - signotim Likes this wine: 92 Points
Best showing yet from this wine
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2/10/2022 - signotim Likes this wine: 91 Points
better on night 2
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12/10/2021 - levinml wrote: 92 Points
Possibly the best Patricia Green wine I've had since our visit to the winery. But still just comparable to good Sonoma Pinots. Sorry Oregon, still a long ways to go.
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3/12/2021 - markcic Likes this wine: 91 Points
A nice easy drinking pinot. Red fruit on the nose. Cherry and cranberry with baked apple on the palate. A moderate smooth finish
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9/29/2020 - djpo wrote: 90 Points
Nice. Changing my drinking window to 2022-
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10/3/2018 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Decanted, notes from 2 hrs open. Still needs time to settle down. Nose showing baking spice, loads of black and red fruit, pepper, cranberry and a touch of lingering earthy minerality, that really gives this some depth. With even more time open, there seems to be some stem inclusion that makes this really deep... On the palate, great acidity, more baking spice and raspberry, a touch of bitterness and some heat on the peppery and mildly tannic finish. This would be much better if not for the heat on the finish... Paired with fennel/thyme and porcini/gruyere sausauges...the red pepper flake spice in the porcini/gruyere clashed with this...imo that means the oak is too dominant.
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2/11/2018 - TimboSlice Likes this wine: 92 Points
First of two bottles I have of this, will taste the next alongside the Volcanic counterpart. Accompanied by a balsamic lamb and grain bowl. Decanted for ~30 minutes and left in-glass for another 15.
The wine is light-medium bodied with some slight cloudiness.
Lightly aromatic with an earthy quality lifted by black cherry and tea.
Lovely texture and liveliness on the back of the tongue, the wine opens with bramble and black cherry and carries sappiness for a satisfying and lengthy finish.
Quality stuff, never disappointed in PGC wines!
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3/3/2017 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Decanted. Nose was bold with loads of baking spice, black fruit, a touch of black tea, stoney minerality and some resin/pine sap in the background. On the palate, very bright acidity, with a touch more black tea and loads of black raspberry. Very juicy; leans a touch hot and peppery on the finish, but very well-balanced.
Day 2: Even better. Perhaps shows its alcohol a bit more.
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10/8/2016 - Nanda wrote: 91 Points
Tasting at Patricia Green Cellars (Chehalem Mountain): Winery tasting. From 3 sites -- Lias, Olenik and PGC Estate. The nose here is brooding with black cherry, herbs and pine notes. Palate is well framed with acidity. Black cherry, earth and herbs. Persistent with darker/earthy tones.
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