July 27, 2018 - IPNC Weekend 2018; 7/26/2018-8/2/2018 (Linfield College, McMinnville, OR): Drank a glass very late in the evening. We had been badgering our Somm supreme, "Ric Ecrane", to see if he could find us some DRC and low and behold he found what we suspect to be a counterfeit bottle of 1996 La Tache. The dead give away was the hastily crossed out Escarpment label and the Sharpie written "1996 DRC La Tache" over it. Names have been changed to protect the creatively innocent. Imagine our disappointment :). There was wine in the bottle, and I think it tasted like Pinot Noir from far south of the border.
May 6, 2018 - Still plenty of fruit here vs the developed flavours but felt like it was tiring after a hour or 2, lots of pleasure here for its age
June 17, 2017 - While still very nice, it's not as good as my previous. Bottle variation or it's on its way down hill.
June 18, 2014 - Red fruit, toasy oak well integrated. Spicy with good acidity and silky tannins.
August 29, 2012 - Medium ruby in colour, with an attractive raspberry and herb nose. Medium bodied on the palate, with more complexity than on the nose. Raspberry, cherry, lovely earthy notes, herbs, and healthy acidity are the main components. Good food wine. Nicely done for the basic Escarpment offering, this should last several years yet (B+/A-).
November 25, 2011 - Drank at Thanksgiving after a bottle of Roessler Ridges Ollie & Hazel's Pinot Noir. Huge difference, but very good. Popped and poured, should have opened and decanted. First tasted is sour cherries and dark fruits. Quite tart at first. Odd "wet wool" on the nose. Light to medium body. After half an hour had mellowed considerably. Really nice, not a California fruit bomb...wish had more.
August 14, 2011 - Most enjoyable. This was initially quite tart but then opens up with distinctive sour cherry flavours and offers very pleasurable length and smoothness
November 17, 2009 - pleasant, fruity yet classy new world pinot
July 29, 2009 - New Zealand (Waterford Wines Milwaukee): a little meaty, but then some damp hay/straw/silage notes in the nose. raspberry fruit and then some raw meat blood, but without the concentration of flavor i've encountered with that blood expression before. let it be noted, that along with blood comes iron.
July 29, 2009 - From what I remember a year ago this had more meat in the nose than it does now. Black and dark fruits. A proud acidity spanning the palate. Rather short finish. A touch rapacious to tell the truth. Just open though, evolution might commence.