1990 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  1/26/2019 - Wine Drinker Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Found this "forgotten" bottle (stored at 55 degrees since purchase). I really thought it would be way beyond it's prime -- probably not even drinkable (I had a backup bottle ready to go). Much to our surprise this was a delightful wine. Very light red color with a slight tinge of tan on the edges. Cherry, mushroom, damp forest on the nose. It still had a good dose of cherry fruit and wild mushroom on the palate and a very dry mineral, but short, finish. Very enjoyable but probably would have even been better 5-10 years ago.

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  12/18/2017 - eluebchow wrote: 90 Points

  A real treat to taste an aged Oregon pinot that is still holding up, albeit near the end of its life; This is quite tasty as a pop-and-pour, with some aged aromatics of earth and black tea, with plenty of fruit on the palate particularly in the first hour this was open; After a couple hours, the fruit starts to recede, suggesting this should be consumed in the very near-term

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  3/22/2011 - kdart000 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Slight bricking but not as much as I expected. I expected the wine to be way over the hill but it is really quite nice. It is past its prime but still a fair amount of fruit and it is very well balanced. Fans of well aged wines will really enjoy this. I will give an update tomorrow when I try the other half of the bottle.

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  6/5/2009 - Harrypotter wrote: 87 Points

  Aromatically - wet dog, and sock funk on the palate a bit better than the nose but a very funky wine that is not going to benefit from aging any longer.

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  7/5/2008 - smcg wrote: 84 Points

  OTH, but improved on decanting

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