Community Tasting Notes 14

• Ewhite30 Likes this wine:

  May 31, 2021 - Dark cherry and caramelized strawberry on the nose. Earthy, the age shows. Forest floor, mushroom, orange peel. Subtle red berry fruit runs across the palate but the earthy qualities are now on the forefront. Lovely to drink, holding up well but I would consider drinking in the coming one two years.

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• Ewhite30 Likes this wine:

  September 8, 2018 - We gave this several hours in the decanter before diving in. Nose leads with cocoa and ground coffee, with notes of plums and buttered toast and a faint scent of tangerine lingering in the background. The fruit is jammy at entry, blue to red berries, though it grows slightly tart - cranberry and pomegranate. There's a nice caramel note and lots of herbal funk.
  
  By night two the nose turn almost entirely to fruit - brambly raspberry, jammy blackberry, with added citrus notes. Similar fruit profile. Light acidity, generally pretty soft on the edges. Nice finish.
  
  It's holding up well, I think it's at is peak, but no rush to down these either.

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• KevinTucker Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 4, 2017 - Seems about the perfect time for this lovely Pinot. I drank it over three nights. The second night was the most on point.
  
  It is medium bodied and shows hints of tart berries and smoke initially, but the smoke died down the second and third day and it tasted more of leather.
  
  The finish is abbreviated, but not unpleasant.
  
  Purchased at the winery, instructions were to drink between 2014-2020, but I'm going to drink the rest sooner than later. I don't think that age will do much to improve this one.

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• jpgarnold Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 22, 2015 - We opened the De Ponte and drank about a third of the bottle then re-corked it. About three days later finished the bottle. During this time, it had a chance to breath for a good couple hours. Wow , what a difference. The De Ponte became very smooth and easy to drink, picked up body and mouth feel. I was picking up boysenberry and spice, decently long finish. Going to hold onto the remaining bottles till next Thanksgiving.

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• Baw419 wrote: 87 points

  November 10, 2015 - This is second of 3 bottles. Much less flAvorful than I recalled. Perhaps past its prime.

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• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer De Ponte Cellars
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Estate
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Oregon
• SubRegion Willamette Valley
• Appellation Dundee Hills

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• In Cellars 101 (34%)
• Consumed 192 (66%)

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