Gary's Place
Tasted Saturday, January 30, 2016 by rocknroller with 501 views
This tasting was the follow up to a tasting done 8/10/13 featuring the Shea Vineyard in Oregon. Most of the wines back then were from 2008. The plan was to revisit them 2 years later and track their evolution. Well, it took a bit longer, about two & half years to pull it off, and there were a few more '06 and '07's in the mix this time.
WOTN was the 2007 St. Innocent Shea Vineyard (3+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+1+1=26pts) (#4 in 2013)
#2 WOTN was the 2008 St. Innocent Shea Vineyard (3+3+2+2+2+2+1=15pts) (#6 in 2013)
#3 WOTN was the 2008 Penner Ash Shea Vineyard ((3+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1=14pts) (#3 in 2013)
2007 Ken Wright Shea (2+2=4pts)
2008 Alexana Shea (3=3pts) (#1 in 2013)
2006 Shea Wine Cellars Estate Shea (1=1pt)
2008 Shea Estate (0pts)
2008 Shea Block 5 (0pts)
2006 Raptor Ridge Shea (corked)
Thanks to Gary for setting this up and sharing all these wines!
2010 Shea Wine Cellars Chardonnay Shea Vineyard 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Yamhill-Carlton
Light gold color. Decanted 1 hour; drank 1 glass over 30 minutes. Had this about 4 months ago for the first time and enjoyed it very much. This bottle proved that was no aberration. Lovely nose with white fruits, pear, melon, subtle grapefruit, almond paste. The palate is medium bodied with focus and precision, pear, white fruits, mineral, little if any oak, wonderfully balanced, medium plus finish. There's a very nice elegance and purity to this. This turned out to be better than any of the 3 examples of Shea Wine Cellars pinot noir.
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