2014 Ayoub Pinot Noir Brittan Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91 points

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  5/25/2023 - woodysroom Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drinking very gracefully. Superb bouquet of flowers, fruit et al, just hope it holds on or improves near future at this age. I think too many btls were consumed too early. This is just lovely, perhaps some of the depth has subsided leaving a notably light sweetness to linger. But then, that's what the folks want.

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  7/17/2022 - Muledog71 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Aging VERY gracefully !! Plenty of life left!!!

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  11/5/2020 - 87tellub wrote: 89 Points

  Dark ruby. Cherry cola on the nose along with an iron-tinged minerality; polished leatehr and potpourri. Comes off as a bit hot on the palate, which is light to medium in body. Palate is pretty lean, with notes of red berries and damp tea leaves. After a couple hours it picked up a bit of weight and settled, and was improved from first couple of hours, and also improved versus my last bottle of this a few months back, which did not show well.

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  8/5/2020 - 87tellub wrote: 88 Points

  Medium dark ruby; nose has glossy fruit and smoke, dark spice and a trace of heat in the nostrils, pointing to its 14.4%. Body is lighter than I would have guessed - barely medium. Possesses some quenching acidity. Quite tart and dry red raspberry. Texture is a bit scratchy. Initial impression of the palate is it's lacking some substance and complexity - we'll see how some bottle air does. Update - not any better. Maybe an off bottle.

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  7/20/2020 - bear Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Oddly enough, the wine, while still big, isn’t as big as a year ago, based on other reviews. The finish is shorter than I expected although still not short. This wne, like most good Oregon Pinot Noir, seems to need a minimum of 5 years age before it really becomes drinkable, then should get better for several more years. It will be interesting to see if this wine gets any better with some more age. I hope so but fear it won’t. For all that, it was still an enjoyable wine from my favorite Oregon winery.

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