Community Tasting Notes 7

• Jack Cranley Does not like this wine: 60 points

  March 23, 2024 - It pains me to write this review because I really love the Holocene label, and absolutely everything Todd Alexander does. But I think this was a wine that they were trying to do something to salvage the 2020 vintage with, And I'm afraid it did not hit the mark. In fact, this wine really should have never been bottled.
  
  I write this note Not as a means to slander the producer but rather to give fair warning to others like me who have really become a fan but would almost certainly be highly put off by this wine.
  
  What little fruit there is on the nose is oxidized and bruised. There's definitely also an unmistakable air of smoke taint. It's utterly lifeless and tired.
  
  On the palate, It continues with that lifeless feeling. Very flat. And then there's a very intense bitterness. Like apple seed or apricot kernel. But the worst part is the finish where a long, lingering taste of flawed chemicals seems to hang on.
  
  Definitely avoid this wine but please don't judge the producer on it. Check out their other bottlings and be amazed! The fact that this one exists within their lineup is entirely perplexing.

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• Clark W Griswold Likes this wine: 88 points

  July 23, 2023 - Third bottle was more like my first bottle. Based on other reviews I think there is quite a few flawed bottles of this vintage.

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• ElJefeTX wrote: flawed

  September 28, 2022 - Purchased for $50 bucks from the Force Majeure tasting room, seeking to try Todd Alexander’s new label. Admittedly I don’t have enough experience with skin contact pinot gris, but I agree with others this one is flawed. A little funky cheese on the initial nose with some canned pear hiding behind it. Sharp acidity and bitterness on the palate with a metallic-like aftertaste; can hardly taste any fruit. If this wine has been impacted by smoke taint, it’s a real disappointment that it was ever bottled.

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• bajayngo wrote:

  September 7, 2022 - Fun and funky with a ton of fruit skin notes, rhubarb, bitter orange peel with a creosote smoke note.

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• Eric wrote:

  May 13, 2022 - My first trip to Walla Walla; 5/12/2022-5/14/2022 (Walla Walla, Washington): A very dark Pinot Gris with some acknowledged smoke taint. It is interesting as an oddity for now, but I would not want this in my cellar.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type Orange
• Producer Holocene
• Varietal Pinot Gris
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Oregon
• SubRegion Willamette Valley
• Appellation Willamette Valley

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• Pending Delivery 4 (3%)
• In Cellars 48 (41%)
• Consumed 65 (56%)

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