Dusky Goose Pinot noir 07
Dusky Goose Pinot noir 07 - balanced and beautiful. A rich and graceful perfume of raspberry, rose, cherry, spice box and raspberry tea introduces the superbly layered Dusky Goose 07.
Replete with sweet, succulent fruit, the palate fans out with dark dried cherry, raspberries and fresh cream, with hints of darker berries. Full and round, silky and ripe, the Dusky finishes with its classic truffle note, caramel, mixed berries and a touch of dried thyme.
The Dusky 07 has a long life ahead of it - our first bottle was open for five days and continued changing, staying fresh through the last sip. This is a highlight of the vintage. - Marcus
Previous Vintage Tasting Notes
2006 Vintage Tasting Notes
Monumental and mezmerizing, the 2006 Dusky Goose Pinot noir delivers on all of the promises of past vintages. Succulent red fruit wafts from the glass with a deep base note of cinnamon, clove, vanilla, and dark berries, hinting at what's to come. At once silky-supple and powerful, the 06 Goose cascades across your palate with mixed cherries--black, fresh dark sweet, and dried--before picking up the bottom notes of rich blackberry and hints of cassis.
Like previous releases, the 2006 is a big and beautiful Pinot noir, and it maintains a freshness from a bright thread of acidity woven into the ripe fruit. A mile-long ribbon of earth, baking spice, and sweet cherries lingers on, with perfectly integrated tannins.
With the 2006 vintage, Dusky Goose delivers a mesmerizing wine that fulfills all the promises of its past vintages. The just released Dusky Goose 2006 Pinot noir keeps delivering. Some wines' quality goes up and down from vintage to vintage. Not so "the Dusky" - it flys higher with each year. Popularized by word of mouth alone, Dusky Goose Pinot noir is perhaps Oregon's most sought after wine.
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2005 Vintage Tasting Notes
Seamlessly lush and constantly evolving, the 05 Dusky Goose again shows why it is an Avalon favorite. The nose opens with oodles of black fruit, with a brightness (freshness) that lifts the aromas from the glass. Truffled cream intertwines with dried herbs and rose petals, and cocoa powder. Drinks nicely now but cellar at least six months for best experience. Should age in correct cellar conditions for 10-12 years, try once a year from 2009 and experience the evolution of a fine Oregon Pinot noir. Dusky Goose 2004 Pinot noir Tasting Notes Color: Garnet, with hints of dark purple, opaque
and dark. Nose: Very rich scent is present immediately upon
opening the bottle. Scents are primarily of candied
black cherry, black raspberry, black cherry liqueur,
and strawberry, with an undercurrent of toasted cocoa
bean. Marcus says it's like experiencing a fresh
strawberry covered with dark chocolate. Hints of dried lavender, dried cherry, dried herbs,
and a tiny hint of fresh earth are present in this
vibrant wine. There's a freshness to the nose that
is characteristic of the 2004 vintage. Flavors: Layers of fresh fruit explode in the mouth.
A plush, deep core of black cherry and black raspberry
is entwined with layers of ripe red raspberry, hints
of fresh strawberry, seamlessly integrated sweet
vanilla bean, spicy plum, and dried cherry fruit
( characteristic of the vineyard).Finish: The finish just keeps rolling out, offering
transparent layers of red and black fruit and silky
tannins with notes of toasted cocoa bean, espresso
bean, sweet vanilla, cedar, fresh tobacco, and essence
of rose. Balance: Tannins are very supple and well integrated,
there's a fresh, uplifting quality to the acidity,
and the fruit flavors reappear over and over with
ultrarich cherry, black cherry, and dried cherry
flavors, intensifying with more exposure to air. The Vintage - 2004 compared to 2003: In a side-by-side
tasting of the 2003 and 2004 Dusky Goose over the
course of a couple days, both wines showed extraordinary
development and complexity. Both 2003 and 2004 are
powerful wines, juicy and multilayered, with the
vineyard's characteristic dried red cherry quality.
The 2003 shows more of a dark fruit profile in the
nose, flavors, and finish, with black cherry and
black raspberry dominating. The medium to full-bodied
2004 has that vibrant, uplifting freshness characteristic
of the 2004 vintage, and more red as well as black
fruit flavors. In the 2004, the layered flavors are
easier to discern- there's a sense of transparency
catalysed by refreshing acidity. More hints of lavender,
roses, herbs, and chocolate are present in the 2004.
Both wines are quite cellarworthy, with the 2004
having a slightly longer potential life. When to Drink: The 2004 is lovely now, especially
with an hour or so of decanting. In 6 months to a
year, the wine will be much better integrated, so
patience will be rewarded. The wine's combination
of vibrant, uplifting acidity balanced with sumptuous,
lush, sweet fruit shows all the signs of aging well
for over ten years.What to serve with it: Vitaly Paley, of Portland,
Oregon's Paley's Place, suggests Herb stuffed Rack
of Lamb or Braised Beef Brisket, just click to see
the recipes. Vitaly is the James Beard Foundation's "Best
Chef in the Pacific Northwest" for 2005 and
is in NYC this month guest-chefing at several restaurants. Dusky Goose 2003 Pinot noir Tasting Notes
A big wine, dark, opaquely ruby in color, with a rich, silky texture in the mouth.
Black berry, black cherry, black raspberry, and dark red cherry vibrantly wrap around your palate. Supple fruit is lifted by the fresh acidity of the 2005 vintage, hinting at a long life in the cellar.
The finish is full of subtle spice and barrel toast, mixing with sweet black fruit and re-emerging creamy truffle notes. After many seconds, super-fine tannins move like a feather around your mouth.
The 05 Dusky evolves with each taste, one minute offering lushness, the next putting on a darker element and showing exotic barrel spice. The 2005 Dusky Goose: proof that sophistication and elegance can coexist with opulence in an Oregon Pinot noir.
Full-bodied, yet sumptuously complex, the 2004 Dusky
Goose Pinot noir wine has its characteristic candied
fruit and dried cherry notes, along with glorious
layers of lush black cherries and berries, and hints
of dried lavender, dried orange zest, and a high
note in both nose and flavor of intensely sweet and
concentrated dried fruit. The balance is so good,
the wine should cellar well for more than ten years.
The fruit from this vineyard (formerly Goldschmidt, now Dundee Hills Vineyard) produces a unique scent, an amalgam of red raspberry, dried cherries, plums, and vanilla spice. Plush flavors of dried cherry, black cherry, candied cherry, blackberry, sweet ripe fruit, hints of spice, hints of herbs, and a seamless, shot silk texture impress the taster.
The balance is perfect - expressive tannins balance the rich fruit and the wine, concentrated as it is, maintains good acidity for aging, with a long finish of ever changing spice, cherry, berry, and cedar. This wine will age for ten years with continued impressive drinking for the consumer.
