2008 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

Community Tasting Notes (57) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  9/16/2021 - S.Wayne wrote: 88 Points

  Pale to medium ruby
  Aromatics medium +. Sweet raspberry, medicinal cherry, candied grape. No oak
  Palate medium body. Acid medium +. Tannins medium, fine on teeth and gums. Alcohol medium +. Tart and sweet red berries. Milder medicinal cherry. Some green stem notes towards the end.
  Finish has a medium length. Balance seems a bit disjointed. I wonder if it's the alcohol. A bit too ripe for my taste also
  Drink now.

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  1/25/2021 - signotim wrote: 87 Points

  Nice pinot noir but never lived up to the accolades

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  12/2/2020 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 87 Points

  My first bottle of this in 10 years. The aromas are quite soft, expressing some soft, old berries, cooking mushrooms with some soil still attached, and a nice bit of briar and spice. Palate entry certainly shows its age more than I would expect for only 10 years old, but that has been some of my experience with 2008. The fruit feels excessively aged, shows some nice spice, tart berry notes, decent acidity and just slight tannins. A nice big wall of acidity on the finish; nice spice and intensity after you hold it in the mouth for a while to allow that to fully develop. The finish is rich and spicy. I'm thinking I would have preferred this about 5 years into into its development than over 10... and generally I'm a guy that prefers aged wine!

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  6/15/2020 - cephomer Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Popped & poured with the Goldsteins. The wine is showing its age. Bit of a funky nose of cherries and earth. This wine is fully mature. Cherry fruit is muted, earth tones predominate, nice spice and decent length. Drink up

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  5/1/2020 - Thellie wrote: 93 Points

  Balanced , elegant, and complex, still fresh, a true pleasure. This wine was very well-made.

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