An "urban winery." VG. Interesting & distinctive, must be sourced from good fruit. Obviously low-intervention, still a bit cloudy but clearing. Burgundian balance.
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Medium minus ruby - slightly reddish and possibly a bit cloudy compared to the previous wines (lower pH?). Extreme reduction - coinpolish and struck match / firecracker reduction. Dimethylsulfide DMS - canned veggies (similar to the bad chinese wine). Dry, medium body, 13.5% alcohol (close - 13.8%), high acid - 3.50 (actually 3.68pH), 7g/L TA, medium minus tannins. Some black cherry on the finish, with a slight impression of french oak - maybe 20% new (actually 25%) There's some wet leaves on the midpalate.
I'd really guess Central Otago here if I didn't know it was OR.
Final call: 2015 Willamette Pinot, $45, in a pretty classic style.
No rating - this is reduced for my threshold (for some others at the table it was tolerable).
8/29/2021 - Chair Likes this wine: 91 Points
An "urban winery." VG. Interesting & distinctive, must be sourced from good fruit. Obviously low-intervention, still a bit cloudy but clearing. Burgundian balance.
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1/26/2020 - docjlab Likes this wine: 92 Points
Big and smoky. Rich and extracted. Not common for pinot, but definitely delicious!!
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1/28/2019 - RajivAyyangar wrote:
MNB: Oregon I (Home (Noe st)): (blind)
Medium minus ruby - slightly reddish and possibly a bit cloudy compared to the previous wines (lower pH?).
Extreme reduction - coinpolish and struck match / firecracker reduction. Dimethylsulfide DMS - canned veggies (similar to the bad chinese wine).
Dry, medium body, 13.5% alcohol (close - 13.8%), high acid - 3.50 (actually 3.68pH), 7g/L TA, medium minus tannins. Some black cherry on the finish, with a slight impression of french oak - maybe 20% new (actually 25%)
There's some wet leaves on the midpalate.
I'd really guess Central Otago here if I didn't know it was OR.
Final call: 2015 Willamette Pinot, $45, in a pretty classic style.
No rating - this is reduced for my threshold (for some others at the table it was tolerable).
Actual: 2016 Division Pinot Noir. Trois. Eola-amity hills temperance hill vineyard.
Analysis: This seems within the stylistic spectrum of OR, but tilts more towards NZ, structurally.
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