2007 Westrey Pinot Noir Oracle Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 85.6 points

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  9/23/2012 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 89 Points

  The colour of the Oracle Vineyard Pinot looked exceedingly transparent and really bright. Unusual for an unfiltered and unfined wine with plenty of depot. The rim seemed a bit watery and already slightly red-brown. The nose showed various autumn scents, a bit of funk, pickled cucumber, traces of flintiness, quite a lot of tart and earthy strawberries complemented with some raspberries and a certain floral character. The latter evolved to an expressive and unpretentious perfume of violets. Summarized: a full of character, lean, mineral and unobtrusive nose of a semi bodied Pinot Noir. Right from the start the structure of the wine appeared rather fresh, lean, eclectic and pretty fruitful (not rich or porky). I got reserved flavours of tart seeming maraschino cherries, plenty of very ripe strawberries, fiery earthy and mineral characteristics of flint, rotting wood as well as a good portion of wet foliage. After one and a half hours the Oracle showed its whole potential. Besides the already mentioned characteristics the development tended to more a balanced and accessible Pinot type. I got more and more sweet (just fruit, no obtrusiveness, no kitsch) fruit of strawberries and raspberries, hints of cantucci, bright nut chocolate and nice earthed dark cherries. No need to mention the acid. Absolutely well pronounced! The finish was decently long lasting, but to the end a bit drying out quickly. Just a minor drawback! Overall a very fine, lean, expressive fruitful, life-affirming, invigorating, yes … almost bewitching Pinot Noir with a structuring mineral backbone! Really nice and unusual experience! One thing is for sure: There is more to come!

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  5/17/2012 - oldgrowth45 wrote:

  Pop and pour. 13.5% a.b.v. Medium to light maroon. Medium to slow legs. On the nose a little beefy Jory funk, cucumber, savory, oak (but nothing obtrusive. It's well placed), citrusy/blood orange. There's great concentration on the palate for a '07 coupled with refreshing acidity, it fills the mouth but stays lively as well. Oak (but, again, it's well-placed and not over the top). Great energy, great food wine (paired this bottle with some fresh Chinook Salmon, and it was money). The only shortcoming is on the finish where the acidity takes a unplesant turn and makes the fruit a little astringent and disjointed. Nonetheless, a nice bottle.

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  5/15/2012 - Oregon Pinot wrote: 77 Points

  Deteriorated badly shortly after opening. Really quite ordinary

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  2/19/2012 - Oregon Pinot wrote: 87 Points

  Berry fruit bouquet and light gentle fruit to to taste. Gentle 2007 Pinot that is drinking well today

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  6/11/2011 - Brix wrote:

  For some reason, this bottle didn't make it to our storage facility and thus has been stored at low room temp for the last 18 months. As a result, while our experience was consistent with previous notes, tonight's bottle was a nice, lightweight but elegant OR pinot that's in its sweet spot right now. In color and on the palate, the wine was fully mature. If, like us, you've stored this in less-than-optimal conditions, I'd suggest you drink up.

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