1993 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir Laurène

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  1/20/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Oregon Trip-Day 2 (Here and there, Willamette Valley): Ruby color most of the way out. Leafy, green tea nose. Medium weight. Plenty of remaining mixed dark red and black fruit that is impressive and still has some sweetness. Excellent soil and acidity, but rustic tannins that impart some bitterness to a shorter finish. Very good overall and so interesting to drink this after having the 2001 Drouhin Musigny earlier this evening.

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  5/11/2019 - DaneM Likes this wine:

  WOW WOW WOW. How is this still so good?? Rich earth, dried fruit, wonderful!

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  7/16/2016 - AllRed wrote: 87 Points

  Double decanted off its sediment and served a couple of hours later. Cherry and spice notes with just a subtle earthy undertone. There's a good bit of spice on the palate but I think the fruit is lacking.

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  9/26/2010 - Rick Allen wrote:

  Dark garnet color with no bricking at all. Cherries and raspberries in the nose. On the palate, concentrated black cherry, raspberries, blackberries, mushrooms, and a little iron. Superb mouth-feel, great balance, and wonderful finish. Still one of my top 5 Oregon Pinots ever.

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  9/25/2008 - Mark wrote: 91 Points

  My last tasting was more than two years ago, Gary came into town for dinner and so we figured we might try another bottle of the 93. My previous tasting was good, but one surpassed the previous bottle by some margin. Although clearly an old DDO, it somehow worked and proved entirely enjoyable. After an hour, a green, twig, edgy component started to predominate, so the first hour was clearly better. Still, we’re now at 15 years for this wine, where most of the 94 Oregon Pinots fell apart ten years ago. I’ve long stopped buying OR pinots for price and quality reasons, but DDO is still one winery that I’ll pick up a bottle on occasion.

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