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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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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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The flagship 2009 Pinot Noir Bergstrom Vineyard comes from a site planted in 1999. Dark ruby red in color, it proffers aromas of Asian spices, balsam wood, violets, black cherry, and black raspberry. Combining power with elegance unusual for thi...
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in 2010, Food & Wine Magazine called Brick House Gamay Noir 08 "The Greatest Gamay Outside of Beaujolais."
Brick House's hardest to get wine, the Gamay noir is not distributed outside Oregon. The 22 year old,organically far...
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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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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 Robert Brittan: "A warm vintage and good, mature grapes make a rich, ripe wine that retains structure and shows the character of the vineyard."
The 2009 Winderlea Estate is a lush and rich reflection of a warm vintage. Flavors of re...
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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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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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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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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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Supple, generous and immensely appealing for its ripe blueberry, plum and spice flavors, hinting at mineral as the finish lingers impressively. Drink now through 2019.—H.S.
The ripe fruit gives a hint of candied plum in addition to our sit...
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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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2009 Vintage Tasting Notes
2009 Wine Spectator - 93 points - Light on its feet, but shows some flesh to the raspberry, cherry, cream and cinnamon flavors, pulsing gently against polished tannins on...
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Maybe it's Michael Lundeen's Italian connection (we at Avalon sell a limited selection of very small farms' Italian wines.)
We are big fans of the Kundeen wines. This Reserve Pinot noir is classic Oregon with a wide range of fruit, earth, spi...
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Aromas of rose petal, black cherry and black currant.
2009 Wine Advocate - 92 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Dussin Vineyard is the Penner-Ash estate property that surrounds the winery and was planted in 1993. It is more stru...
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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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The 2009 Pinot Noir Reserve is a bit more concentrated and complex. Despite its light color, it reveals considerable depth and concentration for the vintage, incipient complexity, and an elegant personality It is likely to evolve for 2-3 year...
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Wine Spectator: Light and fragrant, this red is spicy with hints of clove and nutmeg around a lithe core of raspberry and cherry fruit, gliding serenely into the long, vivid finish. Drink now through 2018. H.S.
Only 75 cases made.
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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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A remarkable presentation of the terroir of the Seven Springs Vineyard, and more broadly, a statement of what makes Oregon Pinot noirs unique and exciting.
From the first impression to the final moment, an extraordinary sense of the vineyar...
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Jason Lett's Pinots have one thing in common across the vintages - every wine has aromas that produces a Pavlovian response...it makes you salivate for what you're about to taste. Fresh-picked raspberries, the ineffable allure of morel mushroo...
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Winemaker John Paul says: “If you are looking for a possibly great vintage from Abbey Ridge, this is the one to invest in. The aromatics which developed in the wine from the 35 year-old Wadenswil block certainly stunned us and forced us into an e...
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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 Wine Spectator - 92 points - Polished and focused, with gorgeous cherry, currant and mineral flavors mingling seamlessly on the taut structure, finishing sleek and balanced with mouthwatering acidity. Drink now through 2019. - H.S.
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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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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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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.
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2009 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard was aged in 26% new oak. Pleasing herbal notes, a characteristic of this site, are intertwined with spice box, incense, black cherry, and black raspb...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Stermer Vineyard from a Dundee Hills site displays exotic spices, incense, dried herbs, cherry, and raspberry. In the glass it opens to reveal outstanding depth for the vint...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 90 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Justice Vineyard (owned by Bethel Heights) was made with 27% whole clusters. More expressive aromatically than the Willamette Valley cuvee, it is a savory, easy-going, nicely ...
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The 2009 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard is an exceptionally perfumed wine with inviting aromas of exotic spices, rose petal, blueberry, and black cherry. Layers of flavor, a velvety texture, and impeccable balance make for a textbook Pinot Noir.
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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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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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