Gift- Oregon's
Highest Rated Pinot noirs
3 bottles
winery: Avalon Wine
One bottle each: St Innocent Shea 06 (Wine Advocate 94 points), Soter Beacon Hill 06 (Wine Advocate 92 points), Carter Hillblock 06 (Wine Advocate 93 points)
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More Information: St Innocent Shea Vineyard Pinot noir 06 $41.95 In keeping with the Shea Vineyard style, the St Innocent Shea Vineyard Pinot noir 06 is velvety smooth with dense notes of earth, pipe tobacco and fresh ripe blackberries. Supple layers of boysenberry and wild cherry add to the melange of rich flavors. Mark Vlossak consistently produces one of our favorite Shea Vineyard bottlings.
Winemaker Mark Vlosak says:
"This Shea is a dark ruby color. Its nose is layered with dark spices, wild flowers and black fruit aromas with hints of tar and wet earth. You are immediately struck with the intensity of dark sweet fruit and very intense raspberry extract flavors. Texturally this wine is extremely dense, in keeping with the essential nature of '06 Oregon Pinot noirs with loads of sweet, ripe tannins. This is a powerhouse wine dressed in Escada. A soft and fresh acidity carries the bright fruit layers into the finish. I expect it to develop for more than a decade.
Carter Hillblock Pinot noir 06 $45.95 Carter Vineyard Pinot noir 2006 is rich and forward. Lush flavors of black cherries are framed by a silky texture. Earth, spice, and fruit hang on through the finish. The Carter Hillblock will delight from day one. Ken Wright crafts this gem from 25 year old Pommard vines. Soter Vineyards Pinot Noir "Beacon Hill Vineyard" 2006 $53.95 Burghound 92 Points!
St Innocent
Shea Vineyard Pinot noir 06 $41.95
Wine Advocate 95 Points
Soter Beacon Hill Vineyard
Pinot noir $53.95
Wine Advocate (Robert Parker) 92 Points
Carter Hillblock
Pinot noir 06 $45.95
Wine Advocate (Robert Parker) 93 Points
The St Innocent Shea Vineyard Pinot noir 06 impresses with its intense, fruit-driven, flavor-laden, big-bodied nature. The color is a dark, saturated garnet-ruby, and texturally, the wine is fleshy and concentrated. As with the best 2006 Oregon Pinot noirs, this is a succulent, opulent wine, immediately impressive and well worth cellaring.
The Carter Vineyard Pinot noir Hillblock 06 received 93 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The 2006 Pinot Noir Hillblock was made by Ken Wright from a vineyard planted in 1983. Wright also makes a Carter Vineyard designate under his own label which I found to be equally uplifting. The Hillblock was aged in 70% new French oak and bottled without fining or filtration. Cherry red in color, it has a superb perfume of pain grille, spice box, red and black cherry and black raspberry. This is followed by a layered, velvety-textured, succulent wine with great depth, concentration and structure for this vintage. It will evolve for 2-3 years and offer prime drinking from 2010 to 2018."
Soter's Pinot noir Beacon Vineyard 06 received 92 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:"The 2006 Pinot Noir Beacon Hill reveals a touch of eucalyptus in its attractive perfume. Darker, denser, and more structured than its North Valley sibling, this well-balanced, lengthy effort will evolve for 2-3 years and be at its best from 2011 to 2020."
“Here the nose closely resembles that of the North Valley as there is that same very subtle note of talcum powder though the overall aromatic profile. The wine is slightly more elegant and refined and with better depth of material that translates into great complexity as well as better overall length. An impressive effort that is cool, balanced, pure and sophisticated. Terrific. 92/2012+”
