At age 10, this is drinking great. Deep ruby in color, clear and bright. The nose is nice with cherries, slight sour cherries, and spice. Medium bodied. This seems to be closing in on maturity. Nice cherry fruit with a bit of underlying earth and slight char. Nice acidity. Long finish. There is a nice complexity to this wine but it is also delicious. It is nice on its own but even better with food. Salmon would be a nice choice.
Another in a line of Excellent Pinot Noirs from this producer. Stylistically, these tend to be big for Oregon, but would be on the smaller size for California (if that make sense). Garnet in color with some purple hues, mostly clear and bright. The nose has cherries, sour cherries, hay and slight earthiness. Light tannins. Great balance. On the palate, lots of sour cherries with some cherries with underlying char and a hint of earthiness. Long finish. This is, of course, very young but already drinking well. It would be better to cellar for ten years, and then drink over the next f
Deep ruby in color with some even more purple hues, mostly opaque and bright. The nose is nice with cherries, sour cherries, and spice. Nice texture. Light tannins. On the palate, this is more about sour cherries with some spice and a bit of char. Nice finish. This is drinking well now and should continue for another ten to fifteen years. Nice on its own, this would work well with Salmon.
Deeper ruby in color, mostly opaque and bright. The nose has black cherries, spices and char. Medium to full bodied. Silky texture. Firm tannins. On the palate, black cherries with some forest floor and char. Long finish. This is delicious and deep and should improve with some short term cellaring. It is on the bigger side (for Oregon) but it has the stuffing to develop. Nice on its own, this will work wellw ith flavorful food. A good choice with duck. Great value.
This is very young and bold. Fruit forward and delicious. Purple in color. The nose has black cherries, coffee, and spice. On the palate, this is deep but hard to see any complexity at this point. Jammy black cherry fruit. Flat out tasty and drinking fine right now. It seems like ten years in a cellar would do just fine, but I have no experience with this winery to know for sure. If I had a few bottle I would certainly hold one back. It is quite enjoyable now though.
