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2011 Thomas Pinot Noir Dundee Hills
5/1/2024 - novocane Likes this wine: 93 Points
2011 J Thomas "Dundee Hill" Pinot noir
13.2% ABV / 750mL
Grown and bottled by proprietor
This has been a wine on my tasting list for some time, the producer having sort of reaching mythical status, of the one man grower/winemaker/marketer/merchant who operates from his hermit cave deep in the jungles of Willamette valley. The wine only accessible via a 3 day hike from Portland and a prayer to the wine gods. Well maybe that's getting a little carried away. Thomas sells his wine the old fashion way, via a print mailing. The winery doesn't have a website and it's somewhat hard to track down. But it has many fans, and the wines seem to sell out, so he must be doing something right. I guess this penchant for doing things the old way adds to the allure. Anyways, I secured a bottle and it was time to check if the wine lives up to the legend.
With grilled octopus and carrots.
Pop and pour. (Whole) Cork came out clean. Color is light and clear, kind of a pale ruby, maybe a Coeur de pigeon that's sometimes used to describe slightly aged Bourgogne.
Initially the wine was a strong cranberry scent and tasted of cranberry juice. After 5 minutes, the cranberries deminished with strawberries, raspberries, and meadow flowers taking over the olfactory aromas.
Taste - front of red fruit, raspberries, cherries, medium acidity. The mid palette brings in some sea salt, buttered toast, with a soft oak finish. Lingers on the tongue for 15s or so.
It's a nice elegant Pinot noir. It has some Oregon fresh fruit, but also a bit more finesse and less power than many Oregon Pinot noirs. I'm curious how much of that is due to age vs winemaking style.
Anyways, it is a lovely wine that is drinking well and look forward to trying some other vintages.
93/100
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2019 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Rouge
4/30/2024 - novocane Likes this wine: 92 Points
2019 Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Rouge
From 375mL
14% ABV
Paired with spicy Chinese stir fry, green vegetables.
Cork opened clean. Light ruby.
Nose - blueberry and huckleberry.
Taste - lovely blueberry at the front, medium acidity, developing with blueberry, light cherry, anise, light menthol. Rounded out by integrated oak, early cherries. Tastes fairly light bodied, even though it's 14%. Comes across as refreshing, crisp and easy to drink. Not super complex, but pulls you back for more & lingers on the tongue.
Delightful wine!
92/100
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2022 Acrobat Winery Pinot Noir
4/23/2024 - novocane Likes this wine: 88 Points
Pouring at the Amex lounge in Seattle.
This is an inexpensive willamette valley PN noir, replacing the loveblock pinot noir at the lounge.
Pale clear ruby, nose of cherries, strawberries, other red fruits.
Taste starts with that distinctive WV fresh fruit bursting, cherries, raspberries, little spice emerging. Kind of a cherry sweet tart. medium acidity, a little light. Not really any complexity. But still, a nice wine to sip on before a flight.
88/100
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