2021 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Côte Est

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  9/6/2023 - oldwines Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tasted at the “in town” tasting room in Dundee, OR which is a useful experience as this winery is rather complex to fully understand with its multiple winemakers and unique but varied “terroir” and history. I can’t do a lot of justice to that here but I would recommend it for a good understanding for what their wines are all about. This wine is bright dark garnet. It was 15% whole cluster fermented and is 13.4% ABV. Floral, mostly violets on the nose. Sappy texture, more tannic with earthy strawberry and raspberry but only a hint of cherry in the fruit profile. Definitely more tannic than the 2019 and probably in need of more cellaring.

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  5/17/2023 - Martin Redmond wrote: 91 Points

  Wines of the Week: Le Cadeau: Medium dark ruby color with aromatic raspberry, caramel, gun smoke, potpourri and damp earth aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied and fresh with black and red raspberry, red plum, black tea and spice flavors with a long spicy finish 13.5% abv|SRP - $60|195 cases
  
  Fruit for this wine is sourced form three Eastern facing blocks in their estate vineyard planted on Nekia soils. Raised for 11 months in French oak. Dijon 667, Dijon 115, Dijon 114, Pommard clones

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