2010 Sokol Blosser Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 89 points

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  10/9/2018 - rmh66 wrote:

  Part of a discovered old stash that should have been drunk awhile ago. Copper colored. Showing some apple peel, but also some nice citrus peel, orange, lime, melon, earth, and red cherry on the nose. Tart cherry, red cherry, citrus, earth, hay, and hints of melon on the palate. Mouthwatering acidity, surprisingly grippy tannins, good, dry finish. I really don't remember what this tasted like years ago, but this is quite a fascinating wine, even at this age. I would rate 88 today, despite the age.

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  8/29/2014 - Jake112380 wrote: 89 Points

  Last bottle. Sad day. Probably the best rose I've enjoyed, and although it peaked a bit ago, it's still quite good with classic strawberry aromas and flavors. I wish Sokol Blosser could hit it like this every year...

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  7/30/2014 - Jake112380 wrote: 89 Points

  I opened this most recent bottle having read Djlevin's tasting notes. I respect his different view on this wine, and I tasted this bottle with that in mind. I certainly see some of the positive notes he pointed out, and I agree that this is a mature wine. However, I liked this better as a young wine; the flavors were similar but more intense. I think this is simply a matter of differing palates, and I appreciated very much having my perspective shifted (even if it did not remain so).

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  7/22/2014 - djlevin Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I was looking at some recent tasting notes on this wine and I definitely have a different view. There are those that record the gradual loss of fruit in a white/rose wine as a marker of the descent into oxidization and eventual fault. I don’t understand this thinking. Wine does not need to be a fruit bomb to be appreciated. In many quality wines, bottle age promotes balance and softens structure – qualities I enjoy very much. Apparently, this thinking does not follow the palate of many wine consumers. I prefer some bottle-age on fine whites and rose! Take a well made white/rose with solid acidity, nice texture, lower alcohol, a minimum of oak and without any one characteristic overpowering the other… put some age on it and I am sold! Doesn’t matter whether white, rose, or bubbly. The right wines almost always do improve. So, this one knocked my socks off! It is a different tasting experience than the first bottle back in 2011. Beautiful, delicate nose of strawberry, hay and herbal mint. The palate is losing the fruit, but still begins with tart strawberry and now just a hint of watermelon. A touch of butter comes through from the lees. The huge acidity has toned down a bit, but still assertive enough to surpass most of the rose I taste. This is wonderfully dry, with enough fruit to mask any bitterness. The texture on this rose is wonderful! What the winemaker did with leaving this on the lees to age for a time before bottling, is almost god-like in its brilliance. IMO, the optimal window for drinking this wine is 2014-2015. Don’t let it sit much longer, or too much of the fruit will resolve. What a great value in Rose! Oregon shines again!

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  6/25/2014 - Jake112380 wrote:

  Pepper Bridge Semi Vertical and Other Fun Stuff (Sunriver, OR): This bottle was better than the last, but the acid is still diminished to the point of not being great. Drink now. Actually, drink last year...

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