3/31/2024 - PhN Likes this wine:

Second bottle at Easter. More bubbles, same great flavor

3/31/2024 - PhN Likes this wine:

Easter dinner. Delicious with crab cakes and trimmings

3/26/2024 - PhN wrote:

The 2008s are now ready to drink. Great nose on opening. Opened in 30 minutes after decanting. The 2008 jammyness is gone. Excellent balanced wine.

3/25/2024 - PhN wrote:

Light delicate refreshing. Well made. Probably drink up. Good exemplar of Oregon PN

3/25/2024 - PhN wrote:

Great with flavorful pasta sauce. Dense, dark. An hour to open. Delicious. If you have more should be wonderful for several more years.

3/19/2024 - PhN wrote:

20 minutes to open. Delicious Bordeaux style Red. Good for several more years.

2/21/2024 - PhN wrote:

Delicious Cab. Opened several days ago. One glass drunk. The rest Private Preserved and refrigerated. Drunk tonight with dinner. Wonderful!!

1/18/2024 - PhN Likes this wine:

Fabulous Pfeiffer Vinyard grapes masterfully made by KE’s winemaker. Wonderful full bodied complex Oregon PN. I wish I had a lot more. Can age a few years more.

1/5/2024 - PhN wrote:

Stored in cooler and opened cold. Little nose or flavor on opening. As it warmed toward cellar temp it opened, presented a buttery elegant flavor with a touch of oak. Great with fish dinner. Great example of aged Chard. I think good in the cellar for several more years.

1/7/2024 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious, intense, balanced on opening. Maintained throughout our meal. A bit too dry for the chocolate pudding, not the wine’s fault. Very ready to enjoy now or in a few years.

12/29/2023 - PhN wrote:

Delicious, small bubbles. Served at 42f. Better a little warmer

12/28/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious buttery balanced. Ready to drink but I wish I had more for a few year of cellaring. Needs 45 minutes to warm to cellar temp and open.

12/27/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Decanted an hour. Fabulous 2012 after opening. I agree with pdxwineo.

12/24/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

For the last fast of Advent I wanted a PN that goes with salmon raviolis with Alfredo sauce. This wine was fantastic. Balanced, light but with a complete range of flavors. Most enjoyable. The fruity cloying flavors for which this vintage is known are long gone leaving a great balanced wonderful wine.

Oregon Pinot Noir is grossly underrated. Others think this wine should have been consumed 6 years or more ago. I have found that well made Oregon Pinot Noir is often still developing at its “end” date. I would not want to keep this wine a lot longer past now, but it would not surprise me if someone opens a bottle in a decade and has a similar opinion then to mine today.

12/2/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

On opening, wonderfully delicious. Except for the date, I would have thought it was younger. Great complex exemplar of Washington’s great Red blends, great claret style. Opens well. Delicious with a tomato and meatloaf casserole. I think this one is good for a few more years

11/10/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Very delicious fruity and mature PN ready to drink now or save a bit longer. Went very well with flank steak and mushroom gravy. It was ready to drink upon opening, but opened more and was even better in an hour.

10/16/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Holding up well. Breathed about 30 minutes leading to wonderful nose but diminished fruit. I think it is drink up time, but this bottle was very enjoyable.

9/8/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious light PN at its prime. Wonderful and surprising. Drink up

7/12/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious wine went well with pot luck and charcuterie. more time left on this one.

7/12/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Guests enjoyed this wine and marveled that it came from Cottage Grove. Delicious, balance medium bodied. Went well with charcuterie plate.

7/12/2023 - PhN wrote:

Tannic, great fruit, balanced. It is getting close.

6/11/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Excellent Oregon PN with distinctive fruit, good tannin, wonderful wine. Even better on the third day after gas and refrigeration.

6/7/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Light, buttery, good balance, decent wine at its peak

6/4/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious PN ready to drink. Enjoy

5/28/2023 - PhN wrote:

First nose was nonexistent Thin uninteresting taste. Decanted for 90 minutes. Wine improved immensely and showed as a light but quite drinkable Bordeaux Red. It could be bottle variance, but if this one is typical it is time to drink up in a context allowing for decanting time and requiring a light red. Quite delicious for what it actually is. I will open another soon to make comparisons and enjoy with a meal that the wine can handle.

5/28/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

The low fill and built up detritus under the cap concerned me, but the wine was fabulous on opening. Great depth and balance, excellent fruit. Delicious as an after dinner drink. Sweet but not cloying. Thurourghly enjoyable. This is the highest rating I have ever given a wine that should have been a flawed bottle given the appearance before extracting the entirely wine soaked cork.

5/28/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

45 minutes to open, but then a delicious, medium bodied Cab with great varietal character. I think this wine will age well for a while longer.

5/10/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

delicious mature PN.

5/7/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious, very complex but light PN in the style of The Eyrie. In its prime now.

5/7/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious Cab near its prime. Great with lamb meatballs and tomato sauce.

4/21/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

This is one of the most delicious Washington Cabs I have had the great pleasure of drinking. The wine was excellent on opening except for a strong tannin finish. As it opened, that was balanced by excellent fruit and complexity of great C.S. Drunk with an excellent lamb chop dinner it was exactly the right choice. We have a bit more and expect it will continue to be wonderful for several more years, but do not forget you have it!

4/15/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Capable Bordeaux style red. Probably good for a few more years. Needs extra time to open.

4/10/2023 - PhN wrote:

On opening this PN showed a strong tannin bitterness aftertaste with little fruit. Within 30 minutes it opened in the glass to show a well balanced complexity I have come to expect from a very good Oregon PN. It is possible I had an exceptional bottle. I think more likely, we simply drink some too young.

Half of the bottle was decanted into a half bottle, stoppered and refrigerated. Three days later it was still wonderful. I wish I had more. Sigh.

4/8/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Very delicious champenois wine with a fresh mature flavor with many years left. It was perfect with foi gras before Easter dinner.

4/9/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious buttery Chardonnay

Great with Salmon dinner on this rainy Easter evening

3/26/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

For a wine designed to drink a couple of years after bottling, it is very good. Light but appropriate PN nose, balanced on opening. Well made, light PN. Delicious.

30 minutes later, still good balance and more characteristic PN flavor.

My experience is that many underestimate the life potential of Oregon PN. This 2007 is a well made, well aged example.

3/24/2023 - PhN wrote:

Delicious balanced Chard with excellent varietal flavor and nose. The wine opened in about 30 minutes. The last half kept well in the refrigerator for three day. On the third day, more characteristic spice is evident without any loss of balance or flavor. I think this wine is a good hold for several more years, but I predict it will not last that long in my house.

3/19/2023 - PhN wrote:

Great Oregon PN. One hour to open. Wonderful I think it has a year or two at its best.

3/10/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

On opening, very little nose, light tannin, subtle fruit. Complex balanced wine which needs time to open. One hour in, wine is much more vivid. Much stronger and complex flavors.

3/6/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Very intense and sour on opening. Over two hours this CS developed great complexity, wonderful CS characteristics with intense and long lasting complex fruit, with soft tannin. Great with lamb chops and chocolate chip cookies. The second half bottle tomorrow. We shall see.

2/15/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious claret drinking wonderfully now. I think it is good for several more years. Great complexity and vigor. Good with steak and rice as well as chocolate.

2/12/2023 - PhN wrote:

Delicious excellent balance and bubbles.

2/11/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Fabulous balanced, with long finish. Great with a marinated flank steak and baked potato. Opened nicely in 30 minutes. Not a long keeper. Nose kept improving for at least an hour. Great varietal characteristics with excellent fruit and tannin.

2/5/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

Great balance, dry, small and copious bubbles, great breadth of flavor. Delicious. I think it has a while to run in cellar.

1/30/2023 - PhN wrote:

Delicious Oregon PN. These wines are aging well when made from good grapes by a competent winemaker and stored properly. This 14 year old wine has plenty of life left. Complex, balanced, delicious.

1/27/2023 - PhN Likes this wine:

On opening very tannic, closed with some fruit. After 30 minutes much more balanced. Delicious with lots of complexity. Hard to tell how much more cellar time would be useful. Why wait, drink soon.

12/9/2022 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious mature PN. Very well balanced with excellent depth. Good for several more years.

11/29/2022 - PhN Likes this wine:

Excellent PN. Opened to balanced fruit/tannin in 20 minutes. Delicious. I left a half glass on the counter by accident. It was even better 24 hours later, rounder, more complex. I drank that first the second day! It should be good for a while longer, but it will not last in my cellar.

10/16/2022 - PhN Likes this wine:

Delicious OR PN. Balanced. Went well with lasagna and chocolate ice cream. Good for a couple more years at least.

10/14/2022 - PhN Likes this wine:

Great PN flavor, balanced. Better the second day after transferred to a half bottle. Probably good through next year.