Community Tasting Notes 6

• Chris Keller wrote: 93 points

  November 21, 2023 - Tasted from a Magnum still well alive and kicking delicious. Raspberry, cherry, strawberry, cola, forest floor, rose petal and beautiful tannins. Drinking spectacularly due to format but wow!!

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• Kirk Grant wrote: 92 points

  February 13, 2012 - This took more time to open than the last bottle...it's a little bit tighter. But given a few hours it opened up nicely. Lovely

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• Kirk Grant wrote: 93 points

  November 30, 2011 - Color: Garnet
  Smell: Earth, mushrooms, cherries, roses, cranberries, clove,
  Taste: Blackberries, blueberries, black cherries, raspberries, strawberries...just a tremendous melange of vibrant fruits.
  Overall: Med fruit, Med+ tannin, medium acidity, and a long finish that is flanked by the tannin. The fruit ebbs in and out supported by gripping but silky tannins. I can see why people may not like this wine...if they are used to a more fruit-driven California styled Pinot Noir. However, this is nothing short of outstanding to me. It screams of Oregon...and blind there should be no question where this is from. It shows exactly as I hope all my Oregon Pinot's will with time.
  
  45 Minutes in the decanter... Fu@k Me, this is Good!

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• jswanson wrote: 75 points

  March 19, 2010 - This wine is pronounced dead. Once was a very nice wine, now old, tired and bitter. Was properly cellared , but age caught up with it. If you have a bottle...you better open fast and mabe you'll get lucky. Don't count on it. Such a waste of $. I'm surprised it can't make much over 5 yrs.

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• nvandyk wrote: 84 points

  March 10, 2010 - Most likely a well-made wine, but in a style that I don't care for. Slightly cloudy plum. Strong cherry nose with some underbrush. Very astringent -- Adrian Fog on steroids. I found myself wincing after every sip. Admittedly not decanted but did not change much in the glass over an hour. Lacking both the opulence of New World pinot that I enjoy, and the delicacy and elegance of Burgundian efforts. I suppose it is possible that this has aged past its useful life, but it didn't taste like a wine that was fading -- it tasted like a wine that was angry!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Ken Wright
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard McCrone Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region Oregon
• SubRegion Willamette Valley
• Appellation Yamhill-Carlton

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• In Cellars 66 (41%)
• Consumed 96 (59%)

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