"Pinot in the City" tasting
Chicago, Ill
Tasted Thursday, March 7, 2013 by cliffkol with 845 views
Introduction
Willamette Valley Wines:
Great tasting at City Winery in Chicago, with over 60 wineries from the Willamette Valley pouring Pinot Noir and other varietals. The wines were some of the best from vintages 2007 through 2011. Many of the top Oregon winemakers were there: John Bergstrom, Robert Brittan, Lynn Penner-Ash, Luisa Ponzi, Dick Shea to name a few. It gave us a great opportunity to sample some of the best wines in the Willamette Valley including a variety of cult and limited production wines that are not available in our market.
2009 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir Casteel Reserve 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
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2011 Big Table Farm Pinot Noir Pelos Sandberg Vineyard 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
Bright cherries on nose and palate. Earthy, spices. Very tight right now, needs some time in cellar.
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2010 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir Eola - Amity Hills 89 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
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2011 Big Table Farm Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Bright red fruits, cherries on nose and palate. Young and fresh. With time this should flourish.
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2010 Brittan Vineyards Pinot Noir Basalt Block 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, McMinnville
Wow. Wonderful nose and juice. Deep concentrated flavors of dark red fruits, spices, earth. Long finish. And this is still young. (Doris: WOW)
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2009 Brittan Vineyards Syrah 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, McMinnville
Wow, classic Syrah -- mature fruits, earthy, spicy. Deep and concentrated. Tough to make good syrah in Oregon but Bob Brittan seem to have it figured out. (Doris: Wow. Loved this wine.)
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2010 Brittan Vineyards Pinot Noir Gestalt Block 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, McMinnville
Delicious, however I prefer Basalt over Gestalt. Gestalt is spicier and more of a rough rider than Basalt. Still young, needs more time in cellar.
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2009 Chehalem Pinot Noir Reserve 89 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
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2010 Coleman Vineyards Pinot Noir Estate Reserve 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Nice. Nothing exceptional, but very well made. Bright cherries, earth, smoke. Still needs time in the cellar.
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2010 Coleman Vineyards Pinot Noir Estate 86 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
light body, light flavors and texture.
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2008 Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Evenstad Reserve 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Great wine!
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2011 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir 87 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
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2010 Coleman Vineyards Syrah 90 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Very nice, well made syrah with medium body, forward red fruits, spices. (Doris Wow. loved this wine)
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2011 Coleman Vineyards Pinot Noir Cherry Cove 85 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
average middle-of-the-road Pinot Noir
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2009 Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Yamhill Cuvée 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
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2009 Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir Laurène 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
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2009 Dusky Goose Pinot Noir Dundee Hills 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Concentrated and fresh, deep cherry flavors. Spices, earth. (Doris: Yes). Could use a little more time in cellar.
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2008 Dusky Goose Pinot Noir Dundee Hills 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Well balanced, almost ready for drinking. Ripe cherries, earth, smoke, spices come together in a great presentation.
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2009 Dusky Goose Pinot Noir Rambouillet Vineyard 93 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
So nice! Tannins integrated, balanced. Flavors of red fruits, mainly cherries with earth and a sublime amount of smoke. This was an incredible taste. (Doris: Wow. Amazing wine!)
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2011 Evening Land Vineyards Pinot Noir Eola - Amity Hills 85 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
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2010 Evening Land Vineyards Pinot Noir Seven Springs Vineyard 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
Great concentrated flavors. Well balanced tannins and integrated for this young a wine. Should only get better with time.
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2011 Illahe Pinot Noir Bon Sauvage 87 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Very early for this wine or else just on the hot side. OK, nothing special. Light bodied and flavors.
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2010 Iota Pinot Noir Pelos Sandberg Vineyard 88 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
On the tart side. Does this need more time in cellar? Medium bodied and light flavors.
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2009 Iota Pinot Noir Pelos Sandberg Vineyard 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
Delicious red fruits, cherries on the palate with undertones of earth and smoke. Drinking great right now. Lynn Pelos, owner. (Doris: Yes)
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2009 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Aubichon Reserve 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Beautiful, drinking nice now but will still benefit from more aging. Dark fruits, cherries, smoke and earth co-mingle into a luscious wine. (Doris: Yes)
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2009 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Rocheux 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
A delicious wine, but not up to the 09 Aubichon and Diversite wines. Less full, less bodied but still a well structured and great drinking wine.
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2009 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Diversite 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Dark berries, spices, smoke and earth harmonize in this delicious wine. Tannins soft and integrated. Medium to full bodied, concentrated flavors. (Doris: Wow. Loved this wine)
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2011 Penner-Ash Pinot Noir Dussin Vineyard 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Lynn Penner-Ash. Although still just a baby, this wine drank very well and smooth considering so young. Brisk aromas and flavors of fresh cherries, blackberries, earth and spices. A good one to buy and hold for a bit. (Doris: Yes)
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2011 Scott Paul Cellars Pinot Noir La Paulée 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
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2011 Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir Estate Shea Vineyard 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Doris: Yes)
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2011 Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir West Hill Shea Vineyard 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Still just a baby, tight, tannic. But aromas and flavors of beautiful dark berries and cherries along with spices and earth assure this will be a winner. (Doris: Yes)
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2010 Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir Dundee Hills 89 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
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2009 Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir Estate Cuvée Dundee Hills 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Doris: YES!
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2010 North Valley Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 88 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Light in color and flavors. Bright cherries, earth. Tannins integrated. (Doris: Yes)
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2010 Soter Pinot Noir Mineral Springs Ranch 91 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Yamhill-Carlton
Doris: Yes
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2011 Planet Oregon Pinot Noir 87 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Light body and flavors. Lots of smoke. Otherwise a decent middle of the road Pinot Noir.
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2010 Trisaetum Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Rich, silky, elegant. A delicious wine, and it is still fairly young. Concentrated, layered flavors of dark berries, cherries, spices and earth.
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2010 Trisaetum Pinot Noir Coast Range Estate 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Yamhill-Carlton
Light bodied and flavors. Well integrated tannins and silky, elegant wine. (Doris: YES!)
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2010 Trisaetum Pinot Noir Estates Reserve 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Jim Frey. One of our favorites in the tasting. Still young, so a little tight with sharp tannins. But overall, an elegant, silky wine with fresh cherries, dark berries, spices, earth. Concentrated and deep. With more time will be amazing. (Doris: WOW. #1 of the 3 Trisaethum's)
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2011 Union Wine Company Pinot Noir Kings Ridge 86 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Doris tasted. Just OK,
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2010 WillaKenzie Estate Pinot Noir Pierre Léon 88 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Yamhill-Carlton
Seems to try to be an extraordinary Pinot Noir but just doesn't do it. Cherries, dark berries and earthy undertones. A bit tannic but probably just needs time for tannins to resolve.
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2009 Winderlea Pinot Noir Ana Vineyard 89 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
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2009 Winderlea Pinot Noir Winderlea Vineyard 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
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2007 Winderlea Pinot Noir Estate 93 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
As I've noticed with several other 2007 Oregon Pinot Noir's, they are hitting their stride now. With bad reviews the 07's didn't sell well and there are some to be gobbled up at great prices today. But I digressed. This wine was amazing, a WOW. Silky, elegant, tannins well resolved. Deep concentrated flavors of cherries, dark berries, earth, spices. Kudos to Winderlea. (Doris WOW)
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2010 Witness Tree Vineyard Pinot Noir Estate 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
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2009 Witness Tree Vineyard Pinot Noir Vintage Select 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
A year since we last tasted this wine and it has evolved wonderfully. Smooth and integrated tannins, deep flavors of cherries, spices, earth. Looking forward to continued excellence with time. (Doris: Yes)
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2010 Chehalem Pinot Noir Three Vineyard 87 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Still young, tight. Medium body, nice cherry flavor, some earth. Somewhat middle of the road Pinot Noir. OK QPR at $27.
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2011 WillaKenzie Estate Pinot Noir Estate Cuvée 87 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Medium to light flavors and nose. Non-descript overall.
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