2008 Scott Paul Cellars Pinot Noir Audrey

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  10/31/2022 - jlm wrote:

  From magnum. Really attractive, mature nose of sweet, dark cherries, rose, and dried herbs. The palate is light toi medium bodied, smooth and velvety, with some new oak gloss remaining. This holds up well with time open and air, so I don't see it breaking up any time soon, at least from magnum. But it's also very hard to imagine it gets any better from here, as the tannins are fully integrated and the palate is in an elegant, sweet fruit mode. Very enjoyable wine, even for casual wine drinkers who shared it with us during trick-or-treating.

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  7/4/2021 - Charlie C wrote: 83 Points

  First time I have opened an Audrey of any vintage where it didn't delight me. Earthy, slightly funky nose. Soft red fruit on the palate, strawberries and cherries. Fine tannins, good acidity and balance. Finishes moderately long with red fruits and a bit of funk. Mostly it seemed faded (but still drinkable). Hopefully my remaining two bottles will return to form.

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  6/7/2020 - SeaWine Likes this wine:

  Appeared mature, but with plenty of life remaining. Not showing the strawberry notes on the palate I typically enjoy in Maresh fruit (at least in youth), as the fruit trended more toward dark cherry with slight cola accents and lovely earthy/forest floor elements. Nicely balanced.

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  9/15/2019 - Omar Khayyam Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The last bottle. On release this was exuberant and full of sweet joyous pinot power. a couple of years later it had retreated into a tighter knit package with an uncertain future. Now it has emerged and some sort of synthesis is achieved.
  
  The nose is to die for, that full on earthy, forest floor pinot noir nose from the Willamette that is borderline funky and truffle like. Greatness. The palate is more dry in its expression but also with some ripe fruit and more monolithic than the nose, but soft and lovely texture, suggesting this is the opportune moment to drink this wine.
  
  The finish is starting to fall apart a little with some alcohol notes that you can sense at the end, as the wine is warming in the glass over the course of a meal.
  
  This was my last bottle and I am glad I had the privilege to follow this wine over the years.
  
  Drinking very well right now. but absolutely an Oregon pinot that probably was picked rather ripe and that did see quite a bit of new oak during élèvage. Went really well with a mushroom risotto and some grilled pork belly.

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  8/25/2019 - tomandlu wrote: 90 Points

  No detailed notes. Drank among 3 other Oregon pinots from the same vintage. Recall it being very nice, mature, and graceful yet not as complex or complete as the others (Bethel Heights Southeast Block, Cristom Jessie, and et Fille Deux Vert).

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