November 23, 2023 - Bottle 12 of 12. IMHO this is on the downslope - fruit and body fading. Still very nice but not as great as 2-3 years ago. Red fruit, spice and well integrated tannin. Pair with or without food.
August 31, 2023 - Pop and pour. Lovely, even on day 2 open, though fading a bit today. On the nose: spice, cranberry, soft stems. On the palate: good density, fantastic acidity, crushed stone, soft stems, blackberry, cranberry, soft tang and attenuated tannin on the juicy finish. Fantastic yesterday, when everything was more intense, but excellent today.
August 6, 2020 - Very nice now. Much better than one I opened in 2016. Softened & integrated, well balanced. Really a pleasure. Notes of boysenberry and spice. Long legs and just enough residual sweetness to highlight the fruit. Just enough acid, tannins are quite soft now, wood is subtle. This would be a great wine for almost any occasion or food. Color is getting lighter; faint bricking around the edges. May improve a bit further over the next couple of years but no reason to wait.
July 9, 2019 - Rose and spice (cinnamon, pepper and dried herb) scent. Full, rich body (for an Oregon Pinot Noir) with dark fruit, red cherry and earth flavor with ample lively tannins.
May 16, 2019 - First few sips of this wine on opening were met with skepticism ... young, tangy, somewhat tart red fruit without much depth and a relatively short and unimpressive finish. I immediately berated myself for opening this bottle too early (I generally enjoy West Coast pinots most after 10-20 years bottle age). Over the course of 3 hours in the decanter, there was a spectacular transformation that saw young red fruit replaced by darker and deeper nuanced black/deep red flavors. Wine turned out to be an excellent sidekick to shiitake mushrooms sauteed in olive oil, soy sauce, and chili garlic sauce, and subsequently lovely with cod served with a similar sauce. At the end of the night, nose is still young but with subtle hints of over-ripe strawberries and fresh earth. On the palate fruit is still red but deep and nuanced. 30 second finish wafts between young and mature flavors. I am completely enamored with the final glass. Next bottle 2021+ unless I can find more in the interim.
May 12, 2019 - Predominant earth, ash and spice flavor with some dark fruit.
January 27, 2019 - I'm wondering now if my last bottle was either somewhat dormant or slightly flawed, since this bottle was nothing short of spectacular. On the nose, vosne like spice, sweet cranberry and wild strawberry, perfumed stems, a hint of soft earth, and a soft touch of oak-induced vanilla. On the palate, excellent acidity, with more dark earth and vosne-like spice. Some stemmy spice and integrated tannin on the finish. An absolutely fantastic PN, in an excellent place.
December 26, 2018 - Garnet colored, light medium bodied, sprites of black cherry, bright raspberry and black currant fruits accented by mineral, dusty rose, vibrant spices and what the winemaker cites as 'hints of sassafras and gravel' turning to a silky smooth lingering finish with notes of sweet oak.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2018/12/maison-lenvoye-attache-pinot-noir.html
October 28, 2018 - The perfect medium between new world fruit and old world complexity. One of my favorite pinots!
August 8, 2018 - Floral, ripe fruit and spice scent. More earth tones on the pallet, including some coffee. Ample smooth tannins on the finish.