Van Duzer 2004 Reserve Pinot Pack

Van Duzer 2004 Reserve Pinot Pack
$200.07 - Case price (any 12 or more bottles) Price: $222.30 Van Duzer 2004 Reserve Pinot Pack: Contains two bottles each of Van Duzer's three top wines: 2 bottles -- Van Duzer Homestead Block Pinot noir 04 2 bottles -- Van Duzer Dijon Clone Pinot noir 04 2 bottles -- Van Duzer Flagpole Block Pinot noir 04 You save 5% from the $234 retail with this combo pack. An Avalon exclusive, The Van Duzer Homestead Block '04 is only available as part of this special six pack. Order two packs and double the quantities of each. The Homestead Block will be released separately in a few months. Read about all three wines and order separately. Not currently available to order. May be out of stock or sold out. Inquire at 541-752-7418 or store@avalonwine.com

Detailed Info, Previous Vintage Notes, Reviews:

Van Duzer Pinot Noir
Homestead Block 04 $35.05/$38.95
(only available now as part of the 2004 Van Duzer Reserve Pack)

RECOMMENDED. An Avalon exclusive, not even available yet from the winery. Always a big wine, made from juicy, silky lush old vine (24 year) Pommard vines, less than 300 cases of this big wine were made.The original farm house was built on this plot, thus the "Homestead" designation.

Note that 12.6% alcohol, quite low for an Oregon Pinot noir, and makes this wine about flavor, not "kick".

Big, weighty, (last year's was called "bawdy") this wine takes its time opening up but rewards with big flavors. Scents of rose, hibiscus and violet mingle with hints of black cherry, cedar, barrel toast and mint. Flavors restate the scents, and add off-the-charts intense juicy dark cherry, with cedar, sweet oak and creamy pie spices adding to a classic Pinot "meaty" quality. The meaty, savory, massive quality steps into the background with age and aeration, opening up to those rich red and black cherry flavors we love in a Pommard.

As last year, this is a big, weighty wine. It's tight and young, needs cellaring or, if you must, lengthy decanting to show itself at its best right now. There are very finegrained, silky tannins in the creamy finish. Wine Spectator 92 for 2002 vintage, 89 for 2003 vintage.

The balance and layered flavors make this wine our favorite of the last three vintages, especially for cellaring. Drink from 2008-2014 - comparable to much more expensive Pinots with aging.

Van Duzer Pinot noir Dijon Blocks 2004 $35.05/$38.95
Wine Spectator 92 points for 2003, the 2003 was an Avalon Reserve Pinot noir Club selection in 2005. Made from a blend of three Dijon clones of Pinot noir, Clone 777 (50%), Clone 115 (30%), and Clone 113 (20%).

On the 2004: "Perfumed with floral and cherry notes, this wine draws you in from the start. . . . An elegant Pinot lover's Pinot." -PinotFile, August 2006.

The Dijon Clones of Pinot noir ripen earlier and serve up a rich, sweet melange of berry driven blackberry, cherry, and cassis notes layered with hints of chocolate, exotic spices, and smoke.

Van Duzer's 2004 Dijon adds distinct notes of huckleberry to the usual berries in the nose, with hints of vanilla, sandalwood incense, and dried rose petals. Flavors add rich red and black cherry to the berry mix with pie spices, creamy vanilla, sweet smoky toast and silky, well integrated tannins in the long, complex finish. Juicy and appealing already, drink 2006-2012. Cellar a year at least for complete integration of flavors or decant for at least an hour. Classy and an Avalon favorite, another of Jim's wines that offers as much as many $60+ Pinots.

Van Duzer Flagpole Block Pinot noir 04 $35.05/$38.95
Wine Spectator 90 points for 2003 vintage. If you've been to the winery, you know this tiny plot next to the flagpole at the turn on the drivveway to the winery. Less than 1/3 of an acre, so unique it's bottled separately. About 100 cases made.

On the 2004: "The enticing aromas feature spice, raisin and licorice. There is some prominent cranberry notes on the palate. Finely-tuned and well balanced, the wine is still a bit closed at this early stage." -PinotFile, August 2006.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Made from older vine Pinot noir, all Wadenswil clone, and the wine clearly shows the characteristic blueberry note in both scent and flavor. A signature bouquet of ripe blueberries, cedar, fresh earth, cinnamon and cocoa is followed by flavors of blackberry pie & dried blueberries. All lead to a rich mid-palate and chocolate truffle finish.

"A swirl of the glass suggests blackberry pie, followed moments later by a bouquet of fresh earthiness, cedar, cinnamon and clove, cocoa, fresh truffle and mushroom that is typical of the Wädenswil vines planted in the Flagpole Block. On the palate, ripe blackberry and dried blueberry are accompanied by graham, spice and dark chocolate. The very ripe flavors assume weight in the mid-palate and finish with an impression of chocolate-raspberry truffle." - the winery

If you enjoy the memorable Shea Wadenswil Pinot, you'll find lots to compare to with this wine. There's that distinct blueberry flavor, and the rewards that cellaring bring to long-lived Wadenswil Pinot noir. Another cellarworthy selection, with complexity, depth, and sophistication that make it a distinct good value. Kudos to Van Duzer.

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