2011 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Côte Est

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  4/16/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points

  Medium dark red color. PNP, split bottle over 3+ hours. We opened this to pair with our grilled lamb burgers tonight. This was very good from the start, but continuing to evolve over the 3 hours we drank it. Initially i would say it was remarkably similar to my last note from several years ago. Once fully open there is very is more savory earth to go accompany the deep red cherry notes, ground spices, underbrush and spiced red berries. The palate shows medium body, a fairly velvety texture to the surprisingly ripe almost sappy cherry fruit, woodsy spices, deep red raspberry, and pepper. 91+ to 92pts.

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  1/27/2016 - Wine Sparty wrote: 88 Points

  Popped and poured with rotini and marinara. Aroma is red cherry with some earthiness. Taste comes through with just a bit darker cherry than showed on the nose, and still has a nice balance of the earthiness to it. Pretty good, but it does lack a bit of weight on the palate, even for a Pinot. Has a bit of a strange finish, a bit more tannic than I'm used to for a Pinot, and slightly green.

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  12/14/2015 - galewskj wrote: 89 Points

  Had a glass at a tasting. Fairly typical Oregon Pinot. A bit young.

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  12/12/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points

  Sunfish Cellars Holiday Tasting (Sunfish Cellars, St. Paul, MN): Medium red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. Probably the best way to describe this would be youthful exuberance. There is a funkiness up front with cherry and some earth, spice and pepper. The palate is medium bodied, bright cherry fruit, almost giving a sense of sweetness, rather spicy with a peppery edge, oak, and some forest floor character as well. This is good now, but I would expect this to settle down further and develop even more personality over another year or two. 90+ to 91pts.

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  8/25/2015 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  The coolest fruit from the vineyard. I believe the north facing or at least not morning sun. And made by a different wine maker. There are three wine makers entirely.
  
  How did this start? The original winemaker in '02 ran out of space. So some friends stepped in and said yes, and then Chaelem stepped in and made rocks and then Josh Bergstrom stepped in and took the coolest part of the vineyard.
  
  So the coolest part is the highest. This is now made in California by a famous guy named Steve hence the Oregon designation. But its all estate.
  
  Smokey and spice on the nose. Maybe a touch reductive. Clean cut and tight on the palate. With much spice on the palate as well. Long finish.

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