2008 Ken Wright Pinot Noir Nysa Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  7/18/2021 - AllRed wrote: 91 Points

  Second Sunday Group: 2008 Ken Wright Pinots (Fontina’s Italian Kitchen (MiY)): Double blind. Opens with notes of dark fruit, plum and chocolate, showing more ripeness than the first two wines. Medium tannins, with flavors of mixed fruit and plum with good underlying acidity. To this point these are all nicely balanced wines. As it opens it turns more red-fruited. Finishes well. 91+ pts.
  
  My #3, Domino’s #1
  Group #6, 54 pts

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  4/3/2019 - JCGuthrie wrote: 92 Points

  Quick double decant, and open for a couple hours before drinking. Part of a blind tasting of 8 pinots from Burgundy, Oregon and CA. No detailed notes, but I loved this. Light, refined fruit, great acid. Classic Oregon pinot. Unfortunately I knew exactly what is was, even blind, due to the heavy bottle. A couple others correctly pegged Oregon initially, and then switched their guess to CA, perhaps swayed by the bottle weight.

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  11/11/2018 - ersmith Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Had this side-by-side with the 2010. This is much smoother and fruit forward. The 2010 could rest a few more years.

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  7/25/2018 - chitowncdpguy wrote:

  First impression on this is some kind of wild exotic forest or something. As it evolves it has a strong tea flavor, in a wine kind of way.... Some hints of vanilla, maybe something that reminds me of mushrooms, with a bit of bitterness on the finish. Very good but not among the best Ken Wright Pinots.

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  4/9/2018 - mac-eye Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Awesome now. 10 years is just right. Wonderful nose of fruit that were once bright and have grown softer and fonder with age. Just the right mix of acid, soft tannins and mild sweetness to make this really pleasurable. A great example of the Willamette valley, as is usually the case for Ken Wright's wines. Wish I had more.

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