OREGON - Coeur de Terre Tasting Sampler
winery: Avalon Wine
Save $23.97 from $239.70 retail
2 Estate 06 & 4 Renelle's 06
A rising star and one of Avalon's Wineries to Watch.
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Coeur de Terre The nose and texture are arresting. Aromas of toasty baking spice, vanilla and dark fruit lead into the caressingly silky body. The 06 Renelle's features a darker fruit profile than many of the 06 Pinots we've tasted recently, with cassis, black raspberry, and black cherry flavors mingling with creamy cocoa and earth, and a light citrus lift on the harmonious finish. Very yummy now, with the goods to cellar. Winemaker Scott Neal describes the wine: Bright red color with ruby depth. A full toast oak greets the nose, offering vanilla, red raspberry, and dried cherry. In the mouth the richness offers more dried cherry, black cherry, soft dried lavender, light citrus, rose, and pomegranate. The finish lingers with delicate spice bouquet. Wood is present and integrates nicely with the complex aromatics Renelle’s Block offers. Coeur de Terre Fresh blackberry, boysenberry, black currant and violets waft from the glass. Flavors follow - butterscotch, boysenberry, and fresh earth aromas transition into a heap of dark bramble berry flavors and hints of plums. A fleshy, rich texture in the mouth amplifies the fruit flavors. Like the Renelle's Block, the Estate 06 is deliciously silky, adding savory cardamom spice on the finish and fine tannins.
Renelle's Block
Reserve Pinot noir 06
$37.76/$41.95
Estate Pinot noir 06
$32.36/$35.95
