Anam Cara Pinot noir Estate Reserve 05 |
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Pretty dark cherry and cinnamon stick is just the beginning: juicy, lush, ideally ripe fruit sweetens on the palate, with layers of dark cherry, blackberry, and plum fanning outward. Hints of graham and woodspice pick up as the finish rolls on. From the winery: Anam Cara's Estate Reserve Pinot Noir was blended from 10 barrels that excelled in the winery's tastings. The final blend was determined not only by the excellence of the individual wines, but also their ability to harmonize and add a deeper dimension to the whole. This is a deeply expressive wine, with the full ripe plum and black raspberry tones indicative of the vineyard. 213 cases. Northwest Palate reviewed the wine: "Recommended...Appealing, pure Pinot aromas of black cherry fruit and subtle forest floor tones lead into a juicy mouthfeel of rich plum and blackberry fruitiness, with graham and cinnamon accents and soft, fine-grained tannins. The lush fruit and good structure call for pairing with a wild morel tart." Northwest Palate, July/August 2007 Rusty Gaffney's omline newsletter, Pinotfile, reviewed the wine: "This Pinot Noir has more power and structure than the bottling above and will need a few years in the cellar to flesh out. That said, it's completely fine now, with charming notes of black fruits, earth, cocoa and spice." Rusty Gaffney: PinotFile Vol 6, Issue 36 Burghound, a pretigious online newsletter, reviewed the Estate Reserve: "A pretty nose of deeply pitched dark cherry with a background hint of plum is trimmed in discreet if not invisible oak that merges into rich, full, sweet and concentrated flavors that possess good focus and reasonably good detail as well on the sappy and persistent finish where the wood resurfaces just enough to slightly sweeten the finish where there is also a subtle trace of warmth. This is delicious and fairly forward so it could be approached now with pleasure or cellared for a year or two. 88/2008+" Burghound.com, October 2007. Comments by Allen Meadows |
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| From the winery: Located on a southeast facing slope between the towns of Sherwood and Newberg in Oregon's northern Willamette Valley, our vineyard comprises 28 acres of Pinot noir, one acre of Riesling and one acre of Gwertzraminer. The first two blocks of Pinot noir, the Pommard and 667 clones which made up the 2003 Pinot, were planted in 2000. Today the Pinot noir includes five blocks, each with a different Dijon clone (114, 115 and 777) providing the best blending options for quality wine. Our 2004 Pinot noir will be the first wine to be blended from all five clones. During the day we work in the vineyard, Nick as "tractor-man" and Sheila supervises. Our vineyard manager, Buddy Beck, keeps an eye on our progress, and winemaker Aron Hess guides us through the wonderful art of winemaking. And in the evening we sit on the deck and watch the vines grow. |
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