2016 Chehalem Pinot Noir Three Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (8) Median Score: 89 points

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  4/27/2021 - dlu wrote:

  Dark robe, black fruits and vanilla on the nose. Decent acidity, but it tastes of darker, more extracted fruit, and it somehow lacks Pinot character. I felt the same way at a vineyard tasting, and try as I might, I just can't find my way to liking this wine.

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  11/25/2020 - Bax62 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Notes of tea and forest floor, this is always a favorite of mine. Paired well with beef tenderloin steaks with a mushroom sauce.

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  7/11/2020 - dlowrey99 wrote: 88 Points

  tldr: fresh and young, well-made, tart red fruit and drying tannins, would like to see more complexity/layers to really shine - may develop with age.
  color: ruby, fairly consistent
  nose: bright tart red fruit, tar, deep florals, alcohol heat
  body: med, light on the tongue
  acid: high, mouth-watering, near pucker
  alcohol: guessed 14%; actual 13.5%
  palate: red fruited, blood orange, tart, young and astringent, herbal, not picking up much oak, teabag drying tannins

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  6/26/2020 - Bax62 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This is more of an old-world style, less fruit-forward and more earthiness.

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  5/23/2020 - gbanks wrote:

  Initially, the fact that this is from three different vineyards was the most noticeable thing-- there's a high note, and a middle, but they seemed separate despite being the same liquid. With a lil time open, came together nicely. Gingery cranberry sauce on the nose. Almost over ripe strawberry in the mouth. Finish vaguely of rosemary, light wood.
  
  Overall a nice light to mid bodied Pinot for accompanying salmon, just as the bottle says. Probably one to drink soon.

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