Coeur de Terre Pinot noir Estate 05: Serious candidate for best under-$30 Oregon Pinot. This limited cuvee of Coeur de Terre's Estate Vineyard begins with a lovely perfume of red fruits, baking spice, and white pepper. The wine is plus and soft on your palate, with a gush of fresh berry and cherry and hints of cinnamon and cardamon. Perfectly balanced and an outstanding value. Scott Neal is one of our picks for future winemaking star. - Marcus
An Oregon New Discoveries Club Selection for June 2007.
Excellent value. Limited cuvee of Coeur de Terre's Estate Vineyard, with a lovely gush of fresh cherry and bery fruit in the mouth, hints of cinnamon and cardamon, soft, ready to drink tannins, and refreshing acidity to bring you back for more. Scott is one of our picks for future winemaking star. He really has a way with Pinot noir. -jean
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Detailed Info, Previous Vintage Notes, Reviews:
Previous Vintage (2004) Tasting Notes
At Oregon's recent "Indie Wine Festival", this wine stood out and called to us. It's exceptional. Raptor Ridge purchased fruit from this same Coeur de Terre Vineyard to make their 93 point (Wine Spectator) Raptor Ridge CdT Pinot noir 03.
This wine sneaks up on you. The dark cherry, blackberry and raspberry aromas mix with a little cinnamon spice and some barrel toast, but it whispers instead of shouts. The wine hits your mouth and besides the cherry, cassis, violet and a little spice on the palate, what you notice is how silky it is. The pretty cherry colors and delicate flavors show good concentration without being over extracted. This wine is well balanced and really opens up after awhile in your glass. The finish is long and smooth. This is a finesse Pinot Noir you should get to know. - M.S.
Coeur de Terre is primarily a Pinot Noir vineyard. The first Pinot Noir vines went into the ground in 1999 in the 2 ? acre Renelle's block [named after Scott's mother] with a mixture of half Pommard vines, a few Wadenswil clones and the balance with a mix of early ripening Dijon clone vines. The 4 ? acre Sara Jane's block [named after Lisa's great great grandmother who was a Chickasaw Indian healer] was planted 2001 with a mix of 25% Pommard, the rest Dijon clone Pinot Noir. The Abby's Block [named after their daughter] was planted in 2002 with half Pommard vines, a few Wadenswil and the balance in Dijon clone Pinot Noir. The Abby's Block vines went into some of the most ancient yellow soil unique to this property. A yet un-named Block 3 was planted in 2002 all 115 Dijon clone Pinot Noir with Block 6 was planted with Dijon clones 667 and 777 in 2005. All in all, fifteen of the twenty five plantable acres have been trellised and trained.
