Community Tasting Notes 88

• Senso-beak wrote: 90 points

  October 24, 2020 - Opened and poured. I don't know what it is about Shea bottlings, but I always seem to like them....regardless of producer. Maybe it's the balance....everything well proportioned - just solid and without distractions. Despite Lorings being touted as early drinkers, this one is quite nice, without evidence of flabbiness or oxidization - perhaps the screw cap helped that out. Anyway, medium body, with plenty of reds, plum, and acidity. Fruit not tired. Just solid all the way around.

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• GrapeScott wrote: 87 points

  March 3, 2020 - This bottle has admittedly not seen the best storage conditions, spending ~2 years of its early life in a NYC apartment closet. This bottle is not cooked or otherwise flawed, but probably accelerated in its development. Baking spice and black fruit profile, this has now shed the tannins and structure of its youth. Drinking well now, but likely peaking or on the decline.

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• Roentgen Ray wrote: 90 points

  October 22, 2018 - Lite flavors.
  Perfumed strawberry, and a hint of mint.
  Fairly tannic and bright.

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• AllRed wrote: 86 points

  August 12, 2018 - Second Sunday Group: 2008 Oregon Pinot: Blind. Notes of cola, dark pinot fruit and spice. Cherry tones emerge as it sits in the glass. Medium tannins, somewhat chalky feel; spice and dark pinot fruit flavors with nice acidity. Develops notes of leather and weedy/vegetal brett qualities that I find distracting. 86+ pts.
  
  My #8, Domino's #2
  Group #1, 36 pts

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• wondersofwine wrote:

  January 10, 2016 - 14.7% abv. Screwcap closure. Purple color; opaque. Very spicy and earthy. Dark fruits on the palate with a lengthy finish. Big and bold this paired well with a beef, onion, bell peppers stir fry and another day with ground beef-stuffed cabbage. I haven't been purchasing Loring Wine Company wines lately but do have some older vintages to work through. I was going to score this 86 but see that the community average is quite a bit higher and my score may be based more on my personal preferences than the quality of the winemaking so will not enter a formal score.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Loring Wine Company
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Shea Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region Oregon
• SubRegion Willamette Valley
• Appellation Willamette Valley
• UPC Code 896641002004

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• Consumed 394 (76%)

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