Highest Rated Wines

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED WINES

A standout at the Deep Roots Coalition tasting, this is gorgeous Pinot. It's one of those OMG (oh my god!) wines.

Instantly likeable when you first open the bottle, the balance and flavors are delicious and just get better as the wine opens....
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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.

Love and marriage, horse and carriage, you know the song - two things that go together perfectly. Add Dusky Goose and Oregon's 2008 vintage, a heavenly match. The nose is like perfume for wine lovers, exotic and comforting at the same time, wi...
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His flagship wine, Jim's Maresh Vineyard Pinot noir is his chance to show off his family's hard work in planting the one of the oldest and best vineyards in the Willamette Valley. Old Vine Pommard and Wadenswil clone Pinot from the original 1970...
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Shea Vineyard Pinot for $30?! Most will stop reading right there and proceed to ordering, but then you'd miss the build up for this wine. The darkest of the 3 wines in all ways, with more weight and a plusher texture. Ripe, dark berries, mocha,...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 90 points - The entry level 2009 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley is a six vineyard, multi-regional blend that was made with 20% whole clusters and aged for 11 months in 13% new French oak. Medium ruby red in co...
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So delicious and pure, so graceful and balanced. The 09 BF flows from aromas to finish seamlessly, giving you tremendous red fruit, accented by white flowers and spice, with a voluminous finish.

I love Beaux Freres Pinots. And I always have a...
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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.

Burghound 92 points!

With my over-the-top reaction to the Johan Three Barrel 08, the Nils got somewhat overlooked. It deserves better - Nils Reserve 08 is a beautiful wine that shares many of the best traits of the Three Bar...
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See all in-stock Oregon 2008 vintage Pinot noirs

Wine Spectator 93 ...
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The best Gewurztraminer in North America? If not, show me what is! Chris Dowsett was winemaker at Lattitude 46 until last year, when he became the winemaker for Artifex, a winery where very small (one barrel) wines are made for boutiques.

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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Along with Owen Roe's Ex Umbris Syrah 09, this is our favorite value in Washington Syrah. It's also our favorite PB wine!

The PB Yakima Syrah starts with a smoky, gamey nose with an intensely aromatic floral and berry component. This wine ...
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I had a 2006 Jacob a few weeks ago and I'm savoring the memory. We had it with a perfectly roasted leg of lamb encrusted with hazelnuts and sauced with an Oregon truffle gravy. OMG. But even compared to the fantastic wild truffles, the hit compon...
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Elegant and sophisticated as usual, but a bit richer than the 2008, with ripe red raspberries and cherries in a sensuous, silky wine complemented by sweet spice and a hint of fresh herbs. This is a refined and graceful Pinot noir, in contrast to h...
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This is the richest and plushest of Laura's last three vintages of St. James. She took advantage of the riper 2009 vintage to make a balanced wine with big, upfront juiciness and smooth tannins. The St. James has her trademark aroma of incense,...
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Wine Spectator 92 points

Crisp, with a layer of gritty tannins around berry and plum flavors, with a nice mineral character to the finish. Best from 2013 through 2019. - H.S.

Chardonnay
Region - Eola Amity Hills

Evening Land Chardonnay Seven Springs La Source 09

Retail $80.00

Wine Spectator 97 points

Wine Spectator:"Vibrant and poised, balancing its intense flavor profile of pear, quince and lemon blossom with layers of minerality on an electric structure t...read more

2009 Wine Spectator - 91 points - Taut, tangy, minerally and distinctive for its lemon blossom, grapefruit peel and green pear flavors, persisting easily on the sleek, racy finish. Drink now through 2015. - H.S. New this vi...
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2008 Tanzer - 92 points - Vivid ruby-red. Cherry-cola and black raspberry aromas are complicated by notes of potpourri and musky herbs. Suave and seamless on the palate, offering sappy cherry and floral pastille flavors and n...
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Exotic aromas of sandalwood, sarsaparilla, white pepper and crushed wild berries entice you. The flavors of the 08 Mineral Springs are pretty wound up - it has "cellar" written all over it. In every vintage, the Mineral Springs stands out as esp...
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Being a fan of Abeja Cab means that the bar is set high - each vintage has to be as good, or better than the last. Such is the 2008 Abeja Cab, my favorite since the 2005 vintage. The pairing of fresh and rich Washington dark berries with Bordeau...
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New winemaker Jerry Murray comes from Patton Valley, where he made a superstar, highly allocated Rose of Pinot noir. This is his first Rose for Van Duzer, and it's Jerry all over.

If you were a fan of the Patton Valley Rose, here's your ch...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 92 points - The 2009 Chardonnay Reserve is a barrel selection of the original plantings. Substantial and complex on the palate, this concentrated, creamy-textured, beautifully balanced wine is likely to evo...
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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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The elegant...the classy...Ayoub's Estate Pinot noir is quintessential Dundee Hills: refined, silky, seamless. Open up the 2009, try it over several hours, and it's like a jazz quartet trading fours -- pretty red fruit on tenor sax, the melange ...
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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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Super-balanced dark berries and cherries come together with lavender, dried thyme, and a soft spice that accentuates the sweetness on the middle of your tongue. Surprisingly accessible right now, but age-able for several years.

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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This rich, deeply colored wine offers a broad spectrum of complex aromas including leather and black cherry interwoven with hints of spice, earth and a subtle note of licorice. Supple yet firm tannins on the entry turn rich on the mid-palate to p...
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Is is possible for a wine to be pretty and powerful at the same time? Bergstrom's de Lancellotti Pinot 09 answers emphatically "yes." Like the 08, you can get lost just sniffing the de Lancellotti, it's wheelbarrow-full of raspberries mixing w...
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The Yak is back - and with a freaking vengeance! My go-to Washington blend, Yakima Red has an even brighter nose than the 08, dishing out heady sweet red berries and cedar. Epically tasty, the red velvet flavors remind me of panna cotta with am...
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2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

Wine Spectator TOP 100!

#71 in Wine Spectator's TOP 100, they said - ...
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This morning's San Francisco Chronicle's article on Oregon Chardonnay featured the Old Stones 09. They said: "Bergstrom's extraordinary talents put a lot of delicious into what he portrays as an early-drinking bottle. Opulent and intense, this shows a subtle oak impact and deep, creamy tones to the bright apple, Meyer lemon and apricot flavors, with a wild-mushroom hint. Don't be afraid to give it a couple years to evolve."

Looking for a Chardonnay to impress your friends and please all of their tastes? Old Stones is it. Ripe citrus and pear is fat and lush without the clunkiness of oak. The name is fitting - notes of wet stone pervade the wine and combined with...
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2008 Wine Advocate - 95 points - The 2008 Champoux Vineyard is made up of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 23% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Petit Verdot. It sports an inviting bouquet of sandalwood, rose petal, Asian spices, a hint ...
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A beauty when it was released, the 2007 Belle Pente Vineyard Pinot noir has gotten even better in the last year. The vineyard is now 12 years old and in its prime. The glorious fruit is the envy of Brian's neighbors.

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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New release of Longshadows' Super-Tuscan-style red.

Previous Vintage Tasting Notes

2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 92 points

The 2006 Saggi is made b...
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Wine Advocate: The red wines begin with purple-colored 2005 Syrah which was sourced from the highly regarded Pepper Bridge Vineyard in Walla Walla and the Wallula Vineyard in Horse Heaven Hills. Newsom gave the wine 30 months in barrel resulti...
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2008 Wine Spectator - 92 points - Velvety, with a mild grip to the tannins around a supple core of blackberry and black cherry fruit, shading rose petal and cardamom notes around the long finish. Drink now through 2015. 174 cas...
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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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Oregon Pinot noir
Region - Willamette

-Eyrie Pinot noir Daphne Reserve 08

Retail $71.95

12 bottles were available in Dec. 2010 as part of our Collector Case.

Part of our December 2010 Collec...read more