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2012 Eola Hills Wine Cellars Pinot Noir La Creole Reserve
Pinot Noir
- USA
- Oregon
- Willamette Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 9
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Bandreas wrote:
February 1, 2021 - This had a much lighter color than the 2012 Bergstrom Gregory Ranch opened just before.
Some cherries on the nose, soft and very feminine on the palate.
Still a pleasant bottle of wine but seems to have lost some tension as well as complexity.
Probably needs to be drunk up.1 person found this helpful Comment -
Bandreas Likes this wine:
May 14, 2020 - quite dark and dense color for a Pinot Noir; maybe some special extraction methods used.
also a lot of concentration on the bouquet, lots of berry fruit but not quite in a jammy way.
On the palate the wine is big, bold and intense, but in a more elegant way than the Caleras.
The wine is attractive, not overly complicated, shows definitive marks of New World winemaking and has a very good QPR.
Most people that tasted it, liked it and would have guessed it to cost substantially more than it actually did. -
J-Money Likes this wine: 85 points
April 10, 2020 - Stunning notes, very fruit forward.
1 person found this helpful Comment -
Bandreas Likes this wine:
March 14, 2020 - Tasted alongside the 10-deep Oregon/Willamette Valley line-up at my house yesterday. All the wines were double decanted a couple of hours before the tasting.
This wine was - for me - the positive surprise of the night: Fragrant nose with surprising depth. On the palate soft and attractive. Held its own against wines that were double its price!
Excellent QPR!1 person found this helpful Comment -
Bandreas Likes this wine:
October 13, 2017 - Pungent smell of Grignotte cherries, almost Californian in taste and feel:
Ample mouthfeel, quite developed. Good QPR for an Oregon Pinot Noir.
Bought 6 bottles; will be interesting how they develop over the next 3-5 years.1 person found this helpful Comment
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Eola Hills Wine Cellars
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation La Creole Reserve
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Oregon
- SubRegion Willamette Valley
- Appellation Willamette Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 29 (20%)
- Consumed 114 (80%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerEola Hills Wine Cellars
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryUSA
- RegionOregon
- SubRegionWillamette Valley
- AppellationWillamette Valley
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