Pop and poured, and this is immediately fantastic. Absolutely vibrant and beautiful. No "old" notes at all for this 16 year old Oregon Pinot, but plenty of the vibrant red fruit and mellowed beauty one gets with a well crafted, well aged Pinot Noir. This dials in at 13.8% alcohol, which for Sineann, is kind of low... but Resonance was always their best, most age worthy Pinot. The aromas offer beautiful soil tones and tons of bramble fruits. Those may be the only dominant notes, but they are rich and hugely expressive while maintaining lightness, without any heft. Palate attacks with luscious, natural bramble fruit puree... nothing extracted here, just beautiful, full, natural real berries. Wonderful. Tannins are mostly resolved, but there's no hints of a loss of weight or body... just beautiful acid holding things together. Acid hits on the finish and you are left with more creamy fruit puree. Both of those linger in harmony for a minute. What a wonderful wine... reminds me of what it was like tasting around the Willamette Valley just after the turn of the millennium, before everyone was making extracted bombs of Pinot Noir. I have no qualms waiting 5 years to open my last bottle.
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15 year-old Oregon Pinot Noir was much better than I expected. Medium/dark ruby with mild aromas of violets and clay / damp earth. Strong flavors of black raspberry and black cherry, although just a bit sweet. This wine had plenty of richness and a tight finish, and it's still very much alive but I wouldn't push it much farther. Glass stopper may have added to the longevity - it was impressive overall.
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Good bottle consistency. Very similar to the bottle I tasted in December. The Resonance Pinots from Sineann seem to have matured way better than pinots from sineann’s other vineyards
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Tasted on a number of occasions between 2014-17. Been consistently good. Still holding up very well. Plenty of life and energy when first opened. Strong bouquet and decent finish.
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Tasted with the 04 as part of the Resonance vertical. More straightforward than the 04 with classic fruit, still holding up but will be starting to fade I expect. Great experience to drink this wine after 11 years.
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This gem from 2005 is still showing quite well. Still has great structure, a nice balance of fruit and other components such as Strawberry and Vanilla. A nice old world terroir makes this one of my continual favorites.
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Vindredi (Bellevue, WA): Tasted blind. Earthy and full of mushrooms on the nose. Super soft and elegant with great concentration. Finishes with length and soft, fine tannins. Drinking very well right now!
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Did a pop and pour. Tasted this over about a 6 hour period. Put the glass stopper in and finished the next day. Dark color for a Sineann. A very earthy nose. Good fruit and structure; a tad bit of heat. Some dried black cherry and a hint of smoke along with the pine and mushroom backbone. This has a fair amount of depth and complexity to it.
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2005 Oregon Pinot review (Lou's): The group was a bit disappointed by this, I liked it far more. This wine usually wins these tastings, but not tonight. Purple in color with some ruby hues. Deep color. The nose has cherries, coffee grounds and spice. Very rich texture. Sweet fruit although softer on the palate. Complex. Shows some heat. This is faster maturing than most Resonance bottlings, but no hurry here IMO.
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Notes from day 2. Dark red to purple in color. Nice nose of blueberry and ripe blackberry, damp earth, smoke, sweet oak. On the palate there was strong dark fruit with black cherry, blackc raspberry, mocha, smoke and tannin. The finish is above average in length, but the tannins are still going strong and need time to soften. A big pinot, but not hot. This improved a decent amount from day 1, good job Pete. Hold. 50+5+12+16+7
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The noise is kind of rich with hints of sweet earth and oak. The wine is a bit tannic and dark. Acidity plays at the sides of the palate, and there is a hint of velvet texture, but it's stuck behind the tannins at this point. The fruit is nice, but I think the wine needs a few more years to soften up a bit.
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Full red color with purple hues. Rich deep nose of briar purple fruit and a hint of sweet with lavendar floral notes - nice. Big mouthful of sweet liqueur black cherry on the palate. Nice balance for the level of ripeness and richness. Very nice ... 93-94 pts.
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WOW. I have been sitting on two of these, letting them age a while, since a visit to the winery in August of 06. My patience paid off. This wine is balanced, elegant and ready for the taking. I had all I could do to keep my hands off the last one. Good fruit and structure, paired well with the chicken I was a bit nervous serving it with. And was still showing the smooth mouthfeel, from my pop and pour, 2+ hours later. Drink up and you will be rewarded.
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Decanted 3 hr’s. Strong, vibrant nose of blackcherry and dark cherry with a touch of herbs and sandlewood. Deep blackberry and black cherry flavors with a touch of anise spice and faint earth notes lurking in the background along with some acidity. Has similar power and the great depth of the past couple of vintages, but is definitely more relaxed. Tremendous mouthfeel for a Pinot Noir, this is big and polished on the mid-palate and develops a velvet texture towards the back of the palate with additional spice on the long, full finish. I love the glass closure.
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Decanted for better part of a day. Color is black-red and opaque. Smells like blueberries, grape candy, brown sugar, cloves, coffee and smoke. There's so much going on aroma-wise that you can hover over a glass for 10 minutes. Would never peg this for pinot in a blind tasting. Maybe Syrah, except there's no funk or earth or pepper. Flavors are deep waves of pure dark fruit. Great texture and structure beneath all the fruit. Finish is more dark fruit and warm spice and goes on and on.
This is over- the-top wine but a blast to drink. It's not heavy handed and all the improbable flavors somehow fit together. I'll buy more if only for the experience of seeing how it evolves over time. It may deserve a higher score but I'm penalizing it for not tasting like pinot which is petty but I don't know what else to compare it to which makes a score especially difficult.
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10/1/2021 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 91 Points
Pop and poured, and this is immediately fantastic. Absolutely vibrant and beautiful. No "old" notes at all for this 16 year old Oregon Pinot, but plenty of the vibrant red fruit and mellowed beauty one gets with a well crafted, well aged Pinot Noir. This dials in at 13.8% alcohol, which for Sineann, is kind of low... but Resonance was always their best, most age worthy Pinot. The aromas offer beautiful soil tones and tons of bramble fruits. Those may be the only dominant notes, but they are rich and hugely expressive while maintaining lightness, without any heft. Palate attacks with luscious, natural bramble fruit puree... nothing extracted here, just beautiful, full, natural real berries. Wonderful. Tannins are mostly resolved, but there's no hints of a loss of weight or body... just beautiful acid holding things together. Acid hits on the finish and you are left with more creamy fruit puree. Both of those linger in harmony for a minute. What a wonderful wine... reminds me of what it was like tasting around the Willamette Valley just after the turn of the millennium, before everyone was making extracted bombs of Pinot Noir. I have no qualms waiting 5 years to open my last bottle.
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3/12/2021 - neilsforest wrote: 89 Points
Still drinking surprisingly well. Lots of life for its age.
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11/4/2020 - Sanlucar Likes this wine: 92 Points
15 year-old Oregon Pinot Noir was much better than I expected. Medium/dark ruby with mild aromas of violets and clay / damp earth. Strong flavors of black raspberry and black cherry, although just a bit sweet. This wine had plenty of richness and a tight finish, and it's still very much alive but I wouldn't push it much farther. Glass stopper may have added to the longevity - it was impressive overall.
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1/9/2019 - neilsforest Likes this wine: 89 Points
Good bottle consistency. Very similar to the bottle I tasted in December. The Resonance Pinots from Sineann seem to have matured way better than pinots from sineann’s other vineyards
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12/3/2018 - neilsforest Likes this wine: 89 Points
Tasted on a number of occasions between 2014-17. Been consistently good. Still holding up very well. Plenty of life and energy when first opened. Strong bouquet and decent finish.
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3/26/2016 - Mark3548 wrote: 91 Points
Tasted with the 04 as part of the Resonance vertical. More straightforward than the 04 with classic fruit, still holding up but will be starting to fade I expect. Great experience to drink this wine after 11 years.
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7/12/2015 - SeattlePaul Likes this wine: 90 Points
Lovely.
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9/17/2013 - SeattlePaul Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still keeping on, previous tasting note holds true.
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7/25/2013 - SeattlePaul Likes this wine: 91 Points
This gem from 2005 is still showing quite well. Still has great structure, a nice balance of fruit and other components such as Strawberry and Vanilla. A nice old world terroir makes this one of my continual favorites.
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2/8/2013 - dpolivy wrote: 93 Points
Vindredi (Bellevue, WA): Tasted blind. Earthy and full of mushrooms on the nose. Super soft and elegant with great concentration. Finishes with length and soft, fine tannins. Drinking very well right now!
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10/3/2012 - norsktorsk wrote: 91 Points
Balanced, rich. Drinking well still.
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3/4/2011 - BobS wrote: 85 Points
Poured both bottles .......
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12/27/2010 - t_moderne wrote: 89 Points
Did a pop and pour. Tasted this over about a 6 hour period. Put the glass stopper in and finished the next day. Dark color for a Sineann. A very earthy nose. Good fruit and structure; a tad bit of heat. Some dried black cherry and a hint of smoke along with the pine and mushroom backbone. This has a fair amount of depth and complexity to it.
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12/20/2010 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 92 Points
2005 Oregon Pinot review (Lou's): The group was a bit disappointed by this, I liked it far more. This wine usually wins these tastings, but not tonight. Purple in color with some ruby hues. Deep color. The nose has cherries, coffee grounds and spice. Very rich texture. Sweet fruit although softer on the palate. Complex. Shows some heat. This is faster maturing than most Resonance bottlings, but no hurry here IMO.
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3/31/2010 - manonthemoon wrote: 90 Points
Notes from day 2. Dark red to purple in color. Nice nose of blueberry and ripe blackberry, damp earth, smoke, sweet oak. On the palate there was strong dark fruit with black cherry, blackc raspberry, mocha, smoke and tannin. The finish is above average in length, but the tannins are still going strong and need time to soften. A big pinot, but not hot. This improved a decent amount from day 1, good job Pete. Hold. 50+5+12+16+7
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3/21/2009 - subtlet wrote: 88 Points
The noise is kind of rich with hints of sweet earth and oak. The wine is a bit tannic and dark. Acidity plays at the sides of the palate, and there is a hint of velvet texture, but it's stuck behind the tannins at this point. The fruit is nice, but I think the wine needs a few more years to soften up a bit.
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10/1/2008 - winefool wrote: 93 Points
Full red color with purple hues. Rich deep nose of briar purple fruit and a hint of sweet with lavendar floral notes - nice. Big mouthful of sweet liqueur black cherry on the palate. Nice balance for the level of ripeness and richness. Very nice ... 93-94 pts.
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4/8/2008 - PinotFan wrote:
WOW. I have been sitting on two of these, letting them age a while, since a visit to the winery in August of 06. My patience paid off. This wine is balanced, elegant and ready for the taking. I had all I could do to keep my hands off the last one. Good fruit and structure, paired well with the chicken I was a bit nervous serving it with. And was still showing the smooth mouthfeel, from my pop and pour, 2+ hours later. Drink up and you will be rewarded.
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8/6/2007 - omeloblues wrote:
Very balanced, elegant with black cherry. Nice finish, great earthy nose. Not a fruit bomb, very even thorughout.
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2/10/2007 - maxrev wrote: 91 Points
very nice
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11/23/2006 - GreenDrazi wrote: 93 Points
Decanted 3 hr’s. Strong, vibrant nose of blackcherry and dark cherry with a touch of herbs and sandlewood. Deep blackberry and black cherry flavors with a touch of anise spice and faint earth notes lurking in the background along with some acidity. Has similar power and the great depth of the past couple of vintages, but is definitely more relaxed. Tremendous mouthfeel for a Pinot Noir, this is big and polished on the mid-palate and develops a velvet texture towards the back of the palate with additional spice on the long, full finish. I love the glass closure.
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10/28/2006 - swp3 wrote: 94 Points
Decanted for better part of a day. Color is black-red and opaque. Smells like blueberries, grape candy, brown sugar, cloves, coffee and smoke. There's so much going on aroma-wise that you can hover over a glass for 10 minutes. Would never peg this for pinot in a blind tasting. Maybe Syrah, except there's no funk or earth or pepper. Flavors are deep waves of pure dark fruit. Great texture and structure beneath all the fruit. Finish is more dark fruit and warm spice and goes on and on.
This is over- the-top wine but a blast to drink. It's not heavy handed and all the improbable flavors somehow fit together. I'll buy more if only for the experience of seeing how it evolves over time. It may deserve a higher score but I'm penalizing it for not tasting like pinot which is petty but I don't know what else to compare it to which makes a score especially difficult.
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