Community Tasting Note

• jegork wrote: 94 points

  October 7, 2011 - I am a sucker for whole cluster Pinot Noirs when they are done right, just like the best of Burgundy. This wine does not appeal to everyone when the wine is young but when is aged it offers fantastic secondary characteristics that can give you a true transcendent experience. This wine clearly demonstrates that Oregon is capable of producing world class wine in this category. This wine shows a complex aroma starting with some notes of grape stem but changing to the floral side with hints of rose and lavender. It also offers clove and cinnamon with mature strawberry and blueberry aromas lightly masked with an also intense anise note. Starts smelling in a bright and expressive way but after some swirls lights up and offers some earthy characteristics. On the palate the wine shows an intense, weighty tannin complexity (but more on the spicy side, this is not very fruity) with focused clarity. The structure feels incredibly integrated but again not in the fruity side and the length is long and expressive. This wine is really well made but also very young. I am extremely excited to taste this wine year after year. Start opening bottles in 2 years or so and drink them 10 years after that because this wine has the core elements to age for some time. <b> 94+</b>

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