Had alongside a 2011 La Source from EL and a Cameron Arley’s. This was the most feminine of the 3. Soft wine with good acids. Lean textures and beautiful red fruits.
I’ll drink these in the next 5 years wanting to take advantage of the delicate fruits good structure and current state of secondary development.
Fantastic bottle
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Translucent light ruby. Nose of delicate but steely violets, cherry pits, sharp red berry, brier. Layers of weightless but intense red raspberry, brambly Bing cherry, and fine iron filings on the satin-textured palate. Smoothed tannin balanced by fresh acidity. Longer finish of red fruit, iodine, and anchoring sweet earth. Ethereal and persistent, this wine checks off so many boxes.
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PNP. Recent purchase direct from winery. Rust color. Cranberry, strawberry, sandalwood, just a bit of mushrooms and earth. Bright acidity, medium body, fine, silky tannins seem fully resolved. A fine classic OR pinot at or near peak.
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Truly fine. Lovely balance throughout, classic Brick House sandalwood aroma, good fruit in the mid-palate, and a velvety finish. This was a cold, wet vintage, and BH tends toward low alcohol/higher acid wines, but this Pinot noir was elegant and delicious from beginning to end. Tannins are resolved and the wine is drinking very well.
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Light to medium without being a "pretty' wine. Superb garnet with just hints of age creeping in. Excellent, sparkling clarity. Fence roses, red raspberries, sweet cherry, and forest floor on the nose proceeding to a fairly consistent pallet where those sweet elements are foiled by cedar, black pepper and bitter cherry. Bitter cherry is pronounced on the long finish. Tannins are very fine but still assertive and not fully integrated. Well balanced with the complicated the fruit and still bright acidity. I suggest two more years will convert this interesting wine into a beautiful and very complex experience.
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8/20/2023 - arthrovine wrote:
Had alongside a 2011 La Source from EL and a Cameron Arley’s. This was the most feminine of the 3. Soft wine with good acids. Lean textures and beautiful red fruits.
I’ll drink these in the next 5 years wanting to take advantage of the delicate fruits good structure and current state of secondary development.
Fantastic bottle
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12/10/2022 - DougLee wrote: 91 Points
Translucent light ruby. Nose of delicate but steely violets, cherry pits, sharp red berry, brier. Layers of weightless but intense red raspberry, brambly Bing cherry, and fine iron filings on the satin-textured palate. Smoothed tannin balanced by fresh acidity. Longer finish of red fruit, iodine, and anchoring sweet earth. Ethereal and persistent, this wine checks off so many boxes.
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7/3/2022 - Maphill01 wrote:
PNP. Recent purchase direct from winery. Rust color. Cranberry, strawberry, sandalwood, just a bit of mushrooms and earth. Bright acidity, medium body, fine, silky tannins seem fully resolved. A fine classic OR pinot at or near peak.
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6/25/2021 - Thellie wrote: 92 Points
Truly fine. Lovely balance throughout, classic Brick House sandalwood aroma, good fruit in the mid-palate, and a velvety finish. This was a cold, wet vintage, and BH tends toward low alcohol/higher acid wines, but this Pinot noir was elegant and delicious from beginning to end. Tannins are resolved and the wine is drinking very well.
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6/9/2021 - WillametteWonders Likes this wine: 92 Points
Light to medium without being a "pretty' wine. Superb garnet with just hints of age creeping in. Excellent, sparkling clarity. Fence roses, red raspberries, sweet cherry, and forest floor on the nose proceeding to a fairly consistent pallet where those sweet elements are foiled by cedar, black pepper and bitter cherry. Bitter cherry is pronounced on the long finish. Tannins are very fine but still assertive and not fully integrated. Well balanced with the complicated the fruit and still bright acidity. I suggest two more years will convert this interesting wine into a beautiful and very complex experience.
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