Return to Willamette; 7/2/2023-7/8/2023 (Portland & Willamette): Bright and intense. Well aged. More dried fruits and perhaps a bit of thyme. Interesting because it’s a bit different than my last experience with it. This was very young and fresh but also directly out of the cellar.
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Consumed over 2 days (vacuvined and refrigerated), note from day 2. Appearance: Clear, deep salmon with orangish rim giving the, wrongful, appearance of a wine past it's prime. Nose: Clean, medium intensity with developed aromas of ripe strawberry, bay leaf, lychee, and cedar. Palate: Dry, medium acid, medium body, medium intensity, 13.1% abv with flavors of ripe strawberry, raspberry, tomato, and cedar with a medium+ finish. Overall a very good to excellent rose drinking exceptionally well in it's 11th year. While not high in intensity or complexity shows superb balance and great length. Likely peaked, or slightly past, - drink now or over next 2 years.
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Very unique wine. At 10+ years old, it pours a stunning russet color, deeper and yellower than a normal rose. Eyes closed, it tastes a bit like an aged chardonnay, with strong oak notes. With nothing remotely similar to compare it to, I couldn't tell you whether this wine is over the hill -- but aside from a hint of effervescence, it's by no means bad. Looking forward to comparing this against a newer, or perhaps just better stored, bottle. Probably not worth its list price at this point, but worth seeking out at a discount.
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7/6/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Return to Willamette; 7/2/2023-7/8/2023 (Portland & Willamette): Bright and intense. Well aged. More dried fruits and perhaps a bit of thyme. Interesting because it’s a bit different than my last experience with it. This was very young and fresh but also directly out of the cellar.
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8/21/2022 - prasm Likes this wine: 89 Points
Consumed over 2 days (vacuvined and refrigerated), note from day 2. Appearance: Clear, deep salmon with orangish rim giving the, wrongful, appearance of a wine past it's prime. Nose: Clean, medium intensity with developed aromas of ripe strawberry, bay leaf, lychee, and cedar. Palate: Dry, medium acid, medium body, medium intensity, 13.1% abv with flavors of ripe strawberry, raspberry, tomato, and cedar with a medium+ finish. Overall a very good to excellent rose drinking exceptionally well in it's 11th year. While not high in intensity or complexity shows superb balance and great length. Likely peaked, or slightly past, - drink now or over next 2 years.
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6/15/2022 - Tim336 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very unique wine. At 10+ years old, it pours a stunning russet color, deeper and yellower than a normal rose. Eyes closed, it tastes a bit like an aged chardonnay, with strong oak notes. With nothing remotely similar to compare it to, I couldn't tell you whether this wine is over the hill -- but aside from a hint of effervescence, it's by no means bad. Looking forward to comparing this against a newer, or perhaps just better stored, bottle. Probably not worth its list price at this point, but worth seeking out at a discount.
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10/30/2020 - worldtraveler1987 Likes this wine: 91 Points
very nice, more like a spatburgunder in color and taste at this point.
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9/4/2020 - worldtraveler1987 Likes this wine: 89 Points
drink now
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