-Oregon Pinot noir - $30 to $45

Marcus Goodfellow's 2009 wines are on the leader board for the vintage just as the 2008's were among my favorites last year.

We recently tasted through all of his 2009 vintage wines and the brightest star in my book was the Winter's Hill P...
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Michael Stevenson is winemaker at Panther Creek Winery. Stevenson Barrie is his personal winery, and he makes very small amounts of his wines.

The 2006 Freedom Hill's red berry fruit scents and flavors are intensified by Michael's trademar...
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Avalon's Andy Osterhaus on the Claim 51:

Summer camp, golf camp, band camp – they have nothing on Pinot Camp. Three days in Oregon Wine Country, immersed in all things Oregon Pinot. I was lucky enough to go this summer (you have to be invited...
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Planted just under the famous tree that the vineyard is named after, the Hanson block is on a steep slope that looks down on the rest of the vineyard. Winemaker Steven Westby described the wine as having "concentrated fruit flavors with earth an...
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Achieves the winemaker's goal of producing a wine with fine structure and perfumed aromas. Dark ruby in color, scents of lavender and violets mix with a hint of dust. Big earthy blackberry and black currant flavors finish with structured firm ...
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Biggio Hamina Ana Vineyard Pinot noir's scent is memorable - sweet blackberries and spicy wild roses burst from the glass. Appealing red fruit - raspberry, cherry, and strawberry - are joined by spicy, intriguing dried cherry flavors. Fine, ...
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Offers a perfume of violets and red fruit. Red raspberries, red cherries, and sweet cinnamon intermingle in the glass. Sillky smooth tannins finish this sexy and supple Momtazi Pinot noir.

The Biggio Hamina Momtazi Pinot noir was fermented w...
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I'M Pinot noir is a Mondavi family project. The grapes come from the former Connor Vineyard in the Eola Amity Hills near Bethel Heights Winery. The wine is inspired by the elegant and fashionable Isabel Mondavi, wife of wine industry Icon Michael Mo...
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A blend from blocks in each of the winery's vineyards, Thea's vineyard sources are - Briscoe, Stermer and Johnson Vineyards with Willakenzie sedimentary soil in the Yamhill Carlton AVA; Wascher Vineyard wit...
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This wine is quite a family affair. John and Lynn Albin use Methode Champenoise, the traditional way to make Champagne, they use Pinot Noir grapes, they use a fancy bottle with a fancy label,the wine is fantastic and could rival sparkling wines ...read more

Previous vintage tasting notes:

"On the palate it has plenty of succulent fruit, good depth and concentration, and enough structure to evolve for 2-3 years. It will be at its best from 2011 to 2019 -90 pts" The Wine Advocate/Robert Parker ...
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2009 Tanzer - 90 points - Bright red. High-pitched red berry and spice aromas are complicated by notes of candied rose, herbs and white pepper. Suave, silky and precise, offering sweet strawberry and raspberry flavors and a de...
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Boedecker Cellars' 2006 Anderson Family Vineyard Pinot noir has the flavors and scents found in many 2006 vintage Pinot noirs. The 2006 vintage Oregon Pinots tend to have red currant and spice flavors, as this wine does. A very floral nose of red...
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2008 Tanzer - 90+ points - The 08 Iota Pinot Noir exhibits a dark, plummy hue. A cornucopia of berries and ripe cherries initially envelope one's nose with notes of sweet vanillin, chocolate, subtle smoke and spice. Upon con...
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The Four Heathens is made by Sineann's Master Winemaker, Peter Rosback, the back of the bottle presents his ruminations on this wine:

"What a long fruity journey. Seems like just yesterday. Caressed by two rivers I was clinging t...
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The strong Dundee Hills aromatics are just starting to develop in this Pinot Noir. Burgundian in style, lighter in color, with medium body, Durant Vineyard's unique terroir creates a Pinot with bright acidity . Although still wound tight with a s...
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The 2009 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard also displays some herbaceousness but less so than the 2009 Fine Block. Savory on the palate with relatively elevated acidity, this nicely proportioned wine is on track for some longevity. Give it 2-...
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2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

Van Duzer Pinot Noir Estate 2006 is drawn from seven Pinot Noir clones, each contributing to the whole. The deep purple robe of this wine gives an initial indication of the depth of this exceptiona...
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Not to be confused with the Maresh Vineyard, the Marsh Vineyard is part of the Yamhill-Carlton AVA and this wine is made from 100% Marsh grapes. Marsh has the distinction of being certified as LIVE Sustainable vineyard.

Like Ayoub's Esta...
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Boisterous and big in personality, the Ayoub Brittan immediately won me over (hence its selection as a Reserve Pinot Club wine). Stretching out in all directions, you get wild berries from the vine that absolutely burst, with an underlying earthy ...
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Winemaker Luisa Ponzi was quite pleased with this wine in particular....
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Elegant floral/herbal aromatics complemented by cherry flavors. - the winery...
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2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

2006 Wine Spectator - 91 points - Lithe and generous, a plush mouthful of spicy raspberry, cherry, and a lingering grace note of mint as the finish sails on and on. Beautiful...
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Raspberry and sweet cherry fruit join a hint of blueberry, oak and espresso in scent and flavor. Michael's earthy, meaty trademark adds body and structure to the wine. As with the previous vintages, this wine...
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The new vintage is here!

2009 Vintage Tasting Notes

"Double Gold", 2011 Oregon Wine Awards

"Excellent", Wine Press Northwest

"Highly Recommended", Northwest Palate Magazine

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The 2008 Pinot Noir Yamhill Cuvee is medium ruby in color with an expressive nose of spicy red fruits and considerable terroir character. On the palate the fruit leans to the dark side of the spectrum with intense black cherry and black raspb...
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Previous Vintage Tasting Notes

2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

Spindrift Cellars 2006 Reserve has big flavors and a rich scent of red berry and cherry, vanilla blossom, and spice box. A shot silk text...
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Soter's North Valley Pinot slides over the palate with a shot silk texture. Black raspberry, loganberry, and black currant fruit flavors are delicately layered in this medium-bodied Pinot. As the wine opens, subtle variations of fruit, spice, min...
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2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

The ROCO Pinot noir 2006's deep garnet color signals the full flavored berry essence of this wine. The nose reveals deep rich plum, cherry and a hint of cobblestone and spice. In the mouth, th...
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Sokol Blosser Pinot noir Estate 07 -

The winery's top Pinot, all Estate fruit....
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It's the return of my beloved Westrey Abbey Ridge, this time the devilishly delicious 2009. Like the Witness Tree, it's a rare wine that will please nearly every palate while still capturing all the geeky allure of Pinot noir. Totally delicious and ready for your glass.

This Pinot smells and tastes so good it's almost risque! The red fruit perfume has a middle-of-the-summer quality, and an unstoppable allure. Sweet earth, lavender, and a white pepper-spiciness embraces rich raspberry-strawberry-cherry. So suave,...
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Laurent takes grapes from one of Washington State's highly regarded vineyards and creates a big Cabernet with an Oregon twist. Smooth, rich, and lush, the hot vintage was handled well here by a very skilled winemaker.

Laurent and wife D...
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Polished, with a light burr of tannins around a juicy and distinctive core of red berry, beef carpaccio and floral flavors, persisting impressively on the finish. Best from 2013 through 2019. - H.S.

2005 Vintage Tasting...
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For less than $30, you can drink a Pinot that tastes as if it cost much more. Rich and round, the 2009 is an intense beauty with a strong cool-climate Oregon character.

If you're a serious Pinot Head, then you already know about Sineann, t...
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Made by Jim Sanders for Le Cadeau Winery, Aubichon is their second label.

On the palate, this wine has explosive rich red fruit flavors, with a dense core. Think black raspberry confit, leavened by the perfect acidity of the ’08 vintage. ...
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What a nose! Pomegranate, raspberries and lilies with a hint of wild rose. Made from old vine Pinot noir - the complexity Tad gets from the grapes is sweet, earthy, savory, and deep. Raspberry and cherry flavors alternate with touches of dusty h...
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Smoke and caramel combine in the enticing aroma of this Pinot noir. Flavors are clean and fresh - red raspberry, red cherry, and high toned, vibrant fruit and spice. Complementing the fruit are chocolate, toasted espresso bean, caramel, and sweet...
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Black cherry fruit aromas jump out of the glass with hints of rose pedals, earth, and dusty cherry, vanilla, and wood smoke. Tightly compacted, concentrated Framoise, with raspberry-rubarb pie. Rich Ripe tannins. Briars & finishing with...
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A long hang time on the vines helped make this an exceptional vintage....
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Aromas of ripe raspberry and strawberry with underlying notes of stonefruit, cedar, and rose petals. The palate is pure raspberries and Royal Anne cherries with orange zest and just a flicker of oak spice in the background. This wine is balanced b...
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Previous Vintage Tasting Notes

2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

Dark and savory from start to finish, Aubichon 08 shows the black side of cherries and raspberries. A deft kiss of oak, juicy acidity and the ...
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Best Value Wine

Mo Ayoub's tribute to his family, each vintage features a different family photo.

Mo says: "Memoirs is my fond personal tribute to my family. The 2009 Memoirs features...
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On the redder side of the 2008's, John Albin's Laurel Vineyard Pinot offers elegant, slightly dusty cherries and raspberries, with a fantastic sweetness/brightness equilibrium. It has a softer, more supple texture than many of its peers. Ta...
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Lots of everything in this wine, starting with brilliant, saturated, red-purple color and transitioning immediately to vanilla and spice from fruit and a nice oak complement. Structure is great (from the 33% whole cluster) with big, still tightly ...
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Westrey absolutely crushed it with their 2008 wines - the Reserve is the final 08 Pinot noir release from Westrey. Spicy dried rose petal, morel, a touch of sweet blueberry compote, fresh black berry, a pinch of dried herbs and licorice, all in b...
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Incredible aromatics of rose petals, freshly cooked lamb, and earth toned red-spices. The texture is always graceful, at once being mouth-filling but never in an aggressive way. The finish is long, subtle and complete. This is a terrific rendit...
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This luxurious, rich Pinot noir opens with soaring aromas of black cherry spice and toast. A full mid-palate bursting with chewy flavors of dark cherry, blackberry and plum is delightfully braced with a balance of bright acids and gripping ta...
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Ethereal Pinot smells of lilac , creamy earth, licorice and cherries. Plump and juicy dark cherry, red plum, dried herbs and white pepper accents. A whopping 90 cases were made!

A new winery and a new wine for May 2010. ...
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2007 Tanzer - 91+ points - Still, with tangy red fruit flavors and an exotic floral pastille quality that gains power in the mid-palate. Silky in texture and showing an intriguing interplay of sweetness and tanginess. The finish ...
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All of the forward, sweet tannins and fresh fruit flavors that characterize the 2009 vintage. There's a note of forest floor and fresh turned earth - and hints of Chinese Five Spice and bramble - under the dominant red cherry, berry, and curra...
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Matello's Hommage favors grace, elegance and structure. Licorice-tinted black cherry provides the base - flavors fan out in all directions, from floral to sweet to savory. Delicious, cellar-worthy Pinot. Highly recommended.

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Opens with a nose of classic Burgundian Jayer - compelling and complex, multi-layered and detailed. An amazing swirl of tension between elegant fruit and fresh turned earth and herbs. Made from the best six barrels of Pinot from the vintage, a sc...
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The 2009 Patton Valley is full bodied and ready to drink. Scents are of red cherry and raspberry fruit with soft pie spice notes. Flavors of sweet blackberry and raspberry, big sweet pie spices include cinnamon, cardamon, clove, and allspice. Th...
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Aromas of pomegranate and raspberry with floral and earth tones including oak spice. Flavors of rich berries and silky tannins. This Pinot noir is sourced from the Mary's Peak Vineyard south of Philomath and the Rainbow's End Vineyard in Monr...
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Previous Vintage Tasting Notes

2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

Broadley Vineyard Reserve Pinot noir 08 - represents a blend of some of the better barrels from 3 different vineyards; 667 clone from...
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From Clawson Creek Vineyard.

Made by Ken Wright of Ken Wright Cellars for this tiny winery. The Beck family, of equestrian fame, co-own the winery and vineyard. The Becks are known for their South African-based Graham Beck Wines, a pioneer in...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 92 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Cumberland Reserve, a blend of vineyards with Shea and De Lancellotti playing the leading roles. Dark in color for the vintage, it displays an earthy minerality, violets, cedar...
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The 2009 Pinot Noir Reserve Estate Grown sports a classy perfume of smoke, exotic spices, floral notes, black cherry, and black raspberry. More complex and substantial on the palate (but not by much) than the Estate cuvee, this lengthy Pinot wil...
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2009 Wine Spectator - 91 points - Light and tangy, delivering a juicy hit of raspberry, vanilla, cream and spice flavors that dance with refinement through the finish. Drink now through 2017. 263 cases made. - H.S.

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2008 Tanzer - 92 points - Bright ruby-red. Intense red berry and Asian spice aromas, with a sexy potpourri quality and a hint of woodsmoke. Deeply pitched red and dark berry flavors show impressive energy and lift, picking up ...
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If your curiosity was piqued by the New York Times review, you need to try Belle Pente's best wines.

To understand what Brian's wines are all about, try a vertical tasting of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Bel...read more

Hamacher Pinot noir offers pure scents of violets, berries, and graham in the glass. On the palate, it is sumptuous and silky. Sweet and field fresh blackberry and black raspberry flavors mingle with rich toasted hazelnut, vanilla, and viole...
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2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

Supple and sweetly ripe, generous with its cherry and berry flavors, shaded with white pepper and dusky spice notes, lingering enticingly. Light grip on the finish. 800 cases made. - H.S.

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The 2009 Pinot Noir Estate is an elegant, spicy, savory wine that is complete on the palate from start to finish. Seamless and lengthy, it can be approached now but should provide enjoyment for another 6-7 years. - Jay Miller

Why is it we so...
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This wine first impresses with an intensely deep hued wine that is brilliant, but nearly opaque to the intensity of color. The nose greats with spice and the scent of a cedar cigar box along with dark cherry, coffee, and toast. On the palate, th...
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Planted in 1999, the Merriman Vineyard is located above the town of Carlton in Oregon's Willamette Valley....
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New vintage will be available March 2012!

2009 Vintage Tasting Notes

Holstein Vineyard in the Dundee Hills is best known as the source for several highly regarded Pinot noirs from Argyle. Ken purchased enough grapes fo...
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Tony Rynders, winemaker at Domaine Serene for ten years, created their highly rated signature style. Now on his own, he is consulting winemaker at some of Oregon's hottest new wineries. < class="text2">2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

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The 2009 Pinot Noir Appellation Series Chehalem Mountain is a barrel selection from three vineyards in that AVA and was made with 25% whole clusters with aging in 14% new French oak for 15 months. Aromas of Asian spices, incense, smoke, clove,...
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Stoller SV Estate Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 07 -

Aromas of toasted oak, spices, and vanilla lead into bright red fruits of Bing cherries and wild strawberries. The palate is complex and balanced, layering red fruits with earth, bright acidity ...
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The nose is driven by pure cherry fruit, floral tones, hints of savory herb, red earth and wild botanical notes. The palate is firm underneath plush cherry fruit, with strong, linear notes of red fruits. - the winemaker

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Crush inspiring. I'm saying this as one wino to another: you need this Pinot.

Fresh black cherry and raspberry, with a dusting of Christmas spice towards the back of your palate. The heart-melting interplay of sweet fruit, juic...
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2009 Tanzer - 90+? points - Deep, bright red. Red berries and herbs on the nose, with a suave floral quality in the background. Dry and tightly wound on entry, offering zesty red currant and pomegranate flavors that gain we...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Freedom Hill Vineyard displays some herbal notes along with cinnamon, clove, smoke, and black fruits. In the glass it opens to reveal significant but ripe tannin with enough ...
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Cola, chocolate, cherry, strawberry, red raspberry, red currant, earth, rich minerality. A luscious, velvety mouthfeel with beautiful structure and elegant balance. - the winery...
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Aromas of roses, cola, cinnamon and sage. Flavors include black raspberries and blueberries with an array of earthy tastes including forest floor.

2009 Vintage Tasting Notes

2009 Tanzer - 92 points - B...
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This site is located in the bowl off Worden Hill Rd., where it lies adjacent to vineyards such as Winderlea, Maresh and Arcus. Planted in 1978, Ana Vineyard was purchased a few years ago by vineyard manager extraordinaire Andy Humphrey. This ...
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This site is now taking on new levels of seriousness as it starts to enter into maturity. The vines are now 20 years of age and the depth, power and balance of this particular bottling become further honed each vintage. Balcombe Vineyard is loca...
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In 2009 we set out to find some new vineyard sites to replace the fruit we were losing from the older vines of Croft vineyard due to phyloxera (there is not 2010 Croft Vineyard bottling). We happened to land in this terrific vineyard just down t...
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We have been in the fortunate position over the past couple of vintages to pick up some terrific sections of older vineyards and this one just adds to that fairly impressive list. Wahle vineyard is in the hills west and a bit south of Yamhill. T...
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The 2009 Arley's Leap is more deeply colored and a bit more structured [than his other reviewed wines.] A hint of herbs, spices, floral notes, cherry, and raspberry inform the nose of a sweetly-fruited, velvety-textured, nicely proportioned, le...
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The Willamette Valley's 2009 vintage has been quite fun for those of us who like bold Pinots that leap from the glass as soon as the cork is pulled. The classic, more reserved Pinots have been fewer and farther between in 09 and those are the o...
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The 2009 Pinot Noir La Colina Vineyard spent 19 months in neutral oak. Earthy minerals, underbrush, cedar, spice box, and assorted red fruits lead to an already complex wine that displays considerable elegance and impeccable balance. Enjoy this p...
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Previous Vintage Tasting Notes

2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

From the winery:

The 2008 is a hearty, dense, rugged and gamey style of the Eason Vineyard universe. The fruit has the Dundee Hills’ sweetn...
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Previous Vintage Tasting Notes

2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

Our favorite of the 2008 PGC wines, it's also Jim Anderson's favorite. (Patty's business partner and co-winemaker.)

A heady perfume of ...
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Newest offering from Walter Scott - available March 2012! ...
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2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

Wine Spectator 92 points!

Refined, focused and elegant, weaving a strong mineral note through a chorus of blackbe...
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2008 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2008 Pinot Noir Paciência Estate was aged in 15% new oak. It exhibits an enticing nose of earth/underbrush, cinnamon, clove, rose petal, and an amalgam of red and black fruits. Mediu...
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A real wow-er. Owen Roe's top ranked, biggest baddest Oregon Pinot noir.

All of Owen Roe's trademark rich, big style contained in a framework of classic Pinot noir. A shout-out to the best California Pinots in its combination of full bod...
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2009 Vintage Tasting Notes

Layers of blackberry, marionberry, and boysenberry share space with wild mushrooms in a brambly sort of way. You will discover cinnamon, dried cocoa powder, and a bit of cherrywood smoke on the...
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The Vintner’s Select is just that. The best barrel was selected from each vineyard site, and then blended to create a very special wine. Flavors and aromatics are much richer and more mysterious than the Willamette Valley. It demonstrates great ...
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This is the small, 20-year old vineyard located directly behind both us and Beaux Freres. It is owned by Dick and Patricia Alvord. We started buying a small portion of the Pinot Noir in 2003 and it turned out to be one of the most interesting an...
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Powerful yet refined. The nose has notes of bright red cherries, dark berries, herbs, cinnamon and nutmeg. When we took our first sip, we thought "Yum"...and then came more complexity in the form of spice box, creamy cherry pie filling and a lon...
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If you haven't heard how good the 2010 vintage is, you will! It is a virtual guarantee that Bergstrom's Shea 2010 will be one of the highest rated wines of the vintage. Electric aromas of bright cherries, allspice, sweet earth and toasty oak. Th...
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2009 Vintage Tasting Notes

2009 Tanzer - 93 points - Deep, bright red. Explosively perfumed nose offers an array of dark berry and floral scents, along with notes of cinnamon, allspice and cola. Sappy,...
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This wine achieves the balanced spectrum of color, aroma, taste, structure, mouthfeel, and texture that we were after. Purple garnet in color, this Reserve shows shy aromas of rose petal and toasted graham. With air, these aromas become more prono...
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Classic Dundee Hills aromas of rose petals, red fruit, minerality and brown spices such as cinnamon and clove. The wine is very elegant and bright on the palate with moderate weight, silky, tight structure and very good length. This wine will c...
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Oregon Pinot noir - Ebony Wines The Quarry 09 -

Former Shea Wine Cellars winemaker Chris Mazepink has started his own winery!

The “Quarry” Pinot noir 09 at $32 is sophisticated, full bodied, complex and long.

"Quarry" is named for th...
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Oregon Pinot noir - Ebony Wines Olenick Vineyard Pinot noir 09 -

Chris Mazepink, Shea's winemaker for the 2003-2007 vintages (including the Wine Spectator Top 100, 95 point 2004 Estate Pinot noir) has started his own winery, Ebony.

Chri...
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2008 Tanzer - 93 points - Bright, ruby-red. Complex, spice-accented bouquet displays raspberry preserves, cherry-cola, potpourri and smoky minerals. Energetic and precise on the palate, offering juicy red and dark berry flavor...
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Ripe and dark fruit driven, Raptor's Shea Vineyard Pinot will please any Shea fan. Dark cherries, black currants and blackberries mesh with vanilla, tobacco, and violets to create a robust Pinot. - Marcus

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Expressively aromatic, the Gestalt is a balanced melange of black cherry, black raspberry, red licorice, tobacco leaf, and spice box. Intense, concentrated, and vibrant on the palate, this elegant, suave Pinot is beautifully proportioned and excep...
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The 2009 Pinot Noir Charlie’s Vineyard was sourced from a 40 year old parcel directly adjacent to the Cameron Winery. Fragrant black raspberries, exotic spices, incense, and sandalwood inform the nose of a succulent, plush, layered Pinot that de...
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Wine Spectator's HOT WINE for November 25, 2011

Wine Spectator - 94 points - Supple, rich and complex, layering its dark berry, black cherry, pink grapefruit and exotic spice flavors on a velvety frame...
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The 2009 Pinot Noir Souris is a two vineyard blend fermented with native yeasts and aged for 18 months in used barrels. It is a forward, easy-going wine with an attractive spicy perfume, savory red fruit flavors, and an elegant personality. It ...
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