2020 Cameron Pinot Noir Dundee Hills

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91 points

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  9/16/2022 - 5laton wrote:

  I thought this was remarkably awesome for the price. Fresh crystalline fruit, beautiful brown spice, compulsively drinkable. Tons of CO2 so gave it the Fourrier shake, decanted 1 hr and then chilled slightly like a Beaujolais. Sealed with an inexpensive-looking agglomerate cork, so I would guess this is intended for relatively short-term drinking.

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  7/16/2022 - ORIFer wrote: flawed

  Opened tonight and was overwhelmed by massive smoke taint. Decanted it and tried to see if some of it could blow off, but it was really bad. I am very disappointed and shocked Cameron even bottled this wine. Other producers would have tossed the vintage - they should have…

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  6/17/2022 - wlsch Likes this wine: 91 Points

  PnP. Purple color. Dark fruit, cherry, earth, a hint of Cameron funk, but also maybe a bit of smoke (it is the year of the fires). But the smoke hint could be a normal phenol and not fire damage since it's not acrid like smoke damage from fire. (Just super paranoid about smoke. It makes me wish I was drinking it blind since I worry my fear of smoke damage is making me pick up the trace of smoke.) Medium+ body, medium acid, well integrated tannins. Fruit seems to be on the slightly riper side, but it's not overblown and the alcohol is only 12.6%. This seems to be another solid DH bottling from Cameron and I will likely buy more but not as heavily as in non-smoke vintages since I worry the smoke could re-emerge years from now. But this is solid right now. I would expect it can age 7-10 years from the vintage, maybe more.
  
  Edited to add: On day 2 the smoky note I was worried about seems like it could be something from oak or the barrel character and it seems less overly "smoky." Whatever the source of the smoky note, it's not overwhelming and is a supporting aroma - not a primary one. But I think it shows what a minefield 2020 will be for both producers and consumers. Really looking forward to hearing from other tasters as this wine gets out into the marketplace.

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