1979 Elk Cove Vineyards Pinot Noir Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91 points

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  2/7/2020 - MWassenberg wrote:

  Aroma of strawberry and raspberry and toast, fruit carries through with medium tannin on the pallette. Medium to med+ acid on finish.

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  7/30/2011 - KeithAkers wrote: 91 Points

  Older Oregon Pinots (Wildwood, Portland OR): nose: hard to truly put into words how this nose operated and changed. While it fell apart after a while, it was clearly alive from the get go and yielded tender tones of red fruits, autumn leaves, roses, red currants, and bits of peppery tones. this was a moving target on the nose but lovely across in every single change that it had. While other 20+ year old OR pinots have fallen apart after 30-45 minutes, this held strong on the nose for about 90 minutes
  
  taste: fully resolved on tannins along with medium acidity with a very pretty medium feel and silky tones of red fruits, dried berries, roses, and pepper tones all meld well together. This wasn't just alive on the palate either as there was some very good layering as well. The palate was quite alive and showing all it had
  
  overall: The color on this was shocking as well. Normally I would expect a bricked through wine, but if one was just looking at the color, they would assume this to be a much younger wine. Gorgeous at every stage until it finally started to downslide, this was special to drink just on it's own. But, it was still a wine of note and one that was enjoyed for its beauty as well as its age

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  7/30/2011 - gripNsip wrote:

  Old Oregon Pinot Noir - Wine Berserker off-line (Wildwood restaurant - Portland, OR): This wine changed character seemingly every 5-10 minutes before tightening up 40 min in. Showing a ton of age on the nose along with stewed strawberries, pie cherries and old leather. Interesting to smell, but far more delicious on the palate. Caramel turning into bright strawberry and cherry fruit, surprisingly well structured, definitely relaxed but slow tannin and acidity to keep up with the palate, if just barely. The wildest thing about this wine was the weight on the palate, it was nearly viscous, easily the heaviest weight-wise out of the entire tasting tonight. All of this said, not something I would drink every day, but completely intact, delicious, very old Oregon Pinot Noir. This is the oldest Oregon PN I have had that was still drinking. Also, this was a birth-year wine consumed on my birthday, I would say it has aged better than I have, lol.

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