2018 Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Noir Fir Crest

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91 points

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  5/15/2024 - Rbhan12 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted 30min, back to bottle, followed for an evening.
  
  Deep red fruits on the nose, screams black cherry to me. Palate is another story. Medium light body with elegant red fruits (tart strawberry and cranberry), herbal tinge from stem inclusion, good acidity and slightly chalky tannins. Hints of earthy mushroom as well. Finish is long and mostly tannins/stem/acid driven but there's some raspberry there too.
  
  Probably too young but drinking well now with air (needs 3-4h min). There's a lot of elegance and grace to these wines. IMO fruit is not the centerpiece but rather just a component with Goodfellow. If you like that style then you'll dig this. Will be better and more integrated in 10y.
  
  92 quality surely. Whether it is your stylistic preference is up to you.
  
  Day 2: Wow. Came together beautifully. Half the bottle went to the fridge overnight. Tannins receded a bit, fruit is showing more, everything nicely integrated. I'd recommend doing a 24h slow ox to get the most out of this wine.

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  7/3/2023 - MC2 Wines wrote:

  Return to Willamette; 7/2/2023-7/8/2023 (Portland & Willamette): Off the wine list at the Jory. This was good but we didn’t really give it enough time to find itself. More of a pnp. Enjoyed over lunch with a Willamette Riesling and a French Champagne. I liked the flavors here but didn’t get much past the first level.

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  1/20/2023 - JaySil wrote: 88 Points

  Good

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  3/7/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Opened for a Zoom call with Marcus and Megan, I took a quick sip, and then gave the wine about 3 hours of air (but did not decant) before pouring a full glass.
  
  I do love the color of the Goodfellow Pinots, as with this bottle they are often they are a luminescent ruby, giving off visual energy. That is followed by an aromatic combination of crisp red fruit, floral tones and fresh herbs. That combination is reflected on the palate, but it has a finely layered effect. I initially described it as "mille feuille", but later on I arrived at "mica" as the layers are nearly clear, one to another. It's a fascinating sensation that was initially tough to get my head around. There is notable tannin in the wine, so with its depth of fruit there is plenty of room for at least mid-term aging. Some of the layers may fuse together over time, making for a more cohesive sense to the wine, but I am very happy that I caught it at this early stage.

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  12/13/2021 - grafstrb wrote:

  -- popped and poured on Day 1; tasted again on Day 2 @ 30 hr. mark; revisited on Days 3 and 5, too --
  -- tasted blind alongside 2 other Goodfellow Pinots ('18 Fir Crest Block 8 & '15 Fir Crest); this was labelled as wine #2 --
  
  NOSE: Day 1: tight and red-fruited; initially indistinguishable from the '18 Fir Crest Block 8. Day 2: raspberry Twizzlers and rose. Day 3 pretty tight.
  
  BODY: garnet color of shallow depth (same as '18 Fir Crest Block 8; lighter than '15 Fir Crest); medium-light bodied.
  
  TASTE: Day 1: very tight; tannic; faintly red-fruited; faint mineral, came forward a bit from the 20 min. mark to the 45 min. mark; turning oaky at 85 min. mark. Day 2: pointed/exact/precise; red berries/red currant; crab apple; much prefer this on Day 2 over the '18 Fir Crest Block 8 on Day 2 --- damn!, this is good today!; high acid; clean, bitter pomegranate. Day 3: tart, medium-light red fruits; slightly bitter; stony mineral. Day 5: some oxidation now. 13.3% alc.
  
  Day 1 rankings, starting with favorite: 1, 3, 2
  Day 2 rankings: 2, 1, 3

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