Hazy notes from last night.Popped and poured over an hour. The vintage really showed here. This was far more ripe than I usually associate with the Westrey style. Not really my style, as I thought it was a little awkward and too big for its own good. Not hot, just too ripe, some baked fruit and not enough complexity for me. I'd drink up soon (B).
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Nose smells hot, up front slightly abrasive taste and that mellows out nicely to a nice lingering finish. Definately can stand some some more cellar time to calm down. Still tastes tight after two hours decanting, hints of cherry on the mid palate. Big-bold in character for a pinot. Will taste a bit later with food to see how it pairs.
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Color unchanged in the last year - beautiful, rich, purple hued ruby red. Nose subdued at first. Baked cherries eventually. Milder, more integrated palate of red fruits, decent acidity, nice drying tannins, and a medium finish. Some cola, not too much, except maybe for purists, ditto oak, and alcohol. Medium bodied. A nice wine, nothing to write home about. 5-7 more years, max.
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2009 International Pinot Noir Celebration: Pasport to Pinot (McMinnville, Oregon): Cherry scents get caught up in some heat on the nose here. The wine has a very nice mouth feel with some decent tannins. Cherry flavors show up as well, but they seem independent, and I'd like to give the wine a little time for the pieces to come together better.
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Showing alot of heat on the finish. Maybe this is at an awkward stage. Give this another year to see if the tranisition from primary fruit smooths things out.
Next evening. Heat gone. This is back on form the way I remember it. Was it my palate or the wine's stage? Delicious, dry, fruit filled, spicy Oregon Pinot. Admirable length and decent complexity beginning to show up. Black cherry compote, some brambly earth elements. Well oaked, but not obtrusively so. Another 6 years plus. Overall an excellent bottle - score revised from 88 to 92.
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No formal note, but remember noticing less complexity than in previous bottles. Could certainly have had something to do with the environment, which was much less focused.
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New batch, a case rebuy based on my enjoyment of my previous half case. Opened one after having let it sit a few days, a little tentatively, based on previous rebuys where the later batch was not up to the first. Not so here. Completely consistent with previous bottles. A new house wine to enjoy over the next few years. I love this style. Spicy, earthen, baked fruit nose bursts from the glass, with pleasant undertones of acrid wet wool, tobacco and cinnamon. Baked cherry pie, dough and all. Yum. This gives way to a dry oriented, nicely balanced, but richly deep red-fruited melange. It will be hard to keep my paws off these.
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Brought it to a wine tasting a few days ago, What I do remember is that this is a nice deep-almost ink-like color that has balanced notes of barrel aged fruit and lush tannins. Unfortunately it was served in the cool atmosphere of a wine storage cellar so it really didn't have a chance to fully open up.. Even so,, this was a very enjoyable wine.
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Beautiful, deep, purple garnet red, no rim lightening. Big jammy nose of sweet ripe baked cherry cobbler fresh out of the oven, complete with baking spices and earthen tones - iron, iodine. There's floral component here as well, maybe violets. On the palate a rich, full, ripe, sour-fruited attack that has good acidity and melts into a medium length finish of boysenberries, plums and other purple fruits. A bit clipped on the mid-palate. Still primary, though hints of forest floor and warm cinammon tones creep in. Subtle mouthwatering talc-like tannins begin to show at the 10 minute mark, along with the beautiful acidity. I really like this.
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Beautiful crimson purple red, lightening to a salmon hue at rim. Ostentatious, warm, spicy, subtle oak and explosive mulled plum/damson/ripe red cherry very open nose. Later some secondary lanolin, wet wool, and some herbacious earthiness, emerge. Big (for a pinot), dryish and fruit oriented palate - primary at first. Over time a delicious compote of cranberries and sour red cherries takes over on the very adequate finish. Pomegranites, strawberries, yada yada. Settling in over the course of 4 hours to a civilized, almost subdued, typical, but still tasty Oregon pinot noir. Medium bodied. Amazing QPR. Drink now (recommend a 1-2 hour decant) or over the 6-8 years.
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I always love the Westrey, and yet again I was not disapointed. Classic Oregon Pinot, lots of fruit and earthiness, all wrapped in a fine frame of delicate acidity and velvety soft tannins. For the price, this is a very good bottle of Pinot that is drinking quite well right now, but I am sure it will be even tastier in a few years.
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Lighter than the Le Cadeau Rocheux we enjoyed prior to this, but still a VERY nice Pinot. Tobacco, raspberry, and mineral with a shorter finish of earth and strawberry. Outstanding - 91 points.
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6/25/2014 - JohnSh wrote: 85 Points
Hazy notes from last night.Popped and poured over an hour. The vintage really showed here. This was far more ripe than I usually associate with the Westrey style. Not really my style, as I thought it was a little awkward and too big for its own good. Not hot, just too ripe, some baked fruit and not enough complexity for me. I'd drink up soon (B).
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4/10/2011 - Skully Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice big complex pinot, no need to pare with food if you want to drink it as a stand alone. Enjoyed by all at a party.
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12/12/2010 - Skully wrote: 86 Points
Nose smells hot, up front slightly abrasive taste and that mellows out nicely to a nice lingering finish.
Definately can stand some some more cellar time to calm down. Still tastes tight after two hours decanting, hints of cherry on the mid palate. Big-bold in character for a pinot. Will taste a bit later with food to see how it pairs.
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7/10/2010 - sawira wrote: 91 Points
Color unchanged in the last year - beautiful, rich, purple hued ruby red. Nose subdued at first. Baked cherries eventually. Milder, more integrated palate of red fruits, decent acidity, nice drying tannins, and a medium finish. Some cola, not too much, except maybe for purists, ditto oak, and alcohol. Medium bodied. A nice wine, nothing to write home about. 5-7 more years, max.
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7/26/2009 - subtlet wrote: 86 Points
2009 International Pinot Noir Celebration: Pasport to Pinot (McMinnville, Oregon): Cherry scents get caught up in some heat on the nose here. The wine has a very nice mouth feel with some decent tannins. Cherry flavors show up as well, but they seem independent, and I'd like to give the wine a little time for the pieces to come together better.
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4/18/2009 - sawira wrote: 92 Points
Consistent with previous notes.
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3/23/2009 - sawira wrote:
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1/27/2009 - sawira wrote: 92 Points
Showing alot of heat on the finish. Maybe this is at an awkward stage. Give this another year to see if the tranisition from primary fruit smooths things out.
Next evening. Heat gone. This is back on form the way I remember it. Was it my palate or the wine's stage? Delicious, dry, fruit filled, spicy Oregon Pinot. Admirable length and decent complexity beginning to show up. Black cherry compote, some brambly earth elements. Well oaked, but not obtrusively so. Another 6 years plus. Overall an excellent bottle - score revised from 88 to 92.
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11/28/2008 - sawira wrote: 91 Points
No formal note, but remember noticing less complexity than in previous bottles. Could certainly have had something to do with the environment, which was much less focused.
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11/23/2008 - sawira wrote: 92 Points
New batch, a case rebuy based on my enjoyment of my previous half case. Opened one after having let it sit a few days, a little tentatively, based on previous rebuys where the later batch was not up to the first. Not so here. Completely consistent with previous bottles. A new house wine to enjoy over the next few years. I love this style. Spicy, earthen, baked fruit nose bursts from the glass, with pleasant undertones of acrid wet wool, tobacco and cinnamon. Baked cherry pie, dough and all. Yum. This gives way to a dry oriented, nicely balanced, but richly deep red-fruited melange. It will be hard to keep my paws off these.
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10/24/2008 - Skully wrote: 92 Points
Brought it to a wine tasting a few days ago, What I do remember is that this is a nice deep-almost ink-like color that has balanced notes of barrel aged fruit and lush tannins. Unfortunately it was served in the cool atmosphere of a wine storage cellar so it really didn't have a chance to fully open up.. Even so,, this was a very enjoyable wine.
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9/20/2008 - sawira wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful, deep, purple garnet red, no rim lightening. Big jammy nose of sweet ripe baked cherry cobbler fresh out of the oven, complete with baking spices and earthen tones - iron, iodine. There's floral component here as well, maybe violets. On the palate a rich, full, ripe, sour-fruited attack that has good acidity and melts into a medium length finish of boysenberries, plums and other purple fruits. A bit clipped on the mid-palate. Still primary, though hints of forest floor and warm cinammon tones creep in. Subtle mouthwatering talc-like tannins begin to show at the 10 minute mark, along with the beautiful acidity. I really like this.
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8/4/2008 - sawira wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful crimson purple red, lightening to a salmon hue at rim. Ostentatious, warm, spicy, subtle oak and explosive mulled plum/damson/ripe red cherry very open nose. Later some secondary lanolin, wet wool, and some herbacious earthiness, emerge. Big (for a pinot), dryish and fruit oriented palate - primary at first. Over time a delicious compote of cranberries and sour red cherries takes over on the very adequate finish. Pomegranites, strawberries, yada yada. Settling in over the course of 4 hours to a civilized, almost subdued, typical, but still tasty Oregon pinot noir. Medium bodied. Amazing QPR. Drink now (recommend a 1-2 hour decant) or over the 6-8 years.
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7/5/2008 - Bardamu wrote: 92 Points
I always love the Westrey, and yet again I was not disapointed. Classic Oregon Pinot, lots of fruit and earthiness, all wrapped in a fine frame of delicate acidity and velvety soft tannins. For the price, this is a very good bottle of Pinot that is drinking quite well right now, but I am sure it will be even tastier in a few years.
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5/6/2008 - RPerro wrote: 91 Points
Lighter than the Le Cadeau Rocheux we enjoyed prior to this, but still a VERY nice Pinot. Tobacco, raspberry, and mineral with a shorter finish of earth and strawberry. Outstanding - 91 points.
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