2008 Estate Selection Pinot Noir
Bright red. Complex, perfumed bouquet offers an array of red fruit and floral qualities, with musky underbrush and spice notes and suave mineral lift. Sappy, deeply concentrated raspberry and cherry flavors are impressively lithe and focused, picking up candied rose and spicecake qualities with air. Fine-grained and seamless, with excellent finishing clarity and persistent spiciness. Boasts an impressive combination of depth and energy.
- Josh Raynolds, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, July/Aug 2011 – 92 points
This juicy pinot exhibits bright strawberry scents, a dark red earth note and a hint of allspice. The flavors are assertive and brisk, the acidity pushing the wine like wind on a sail, the tannins firmly keeping the wine in line. Its tight construction suggests a long life. Cellar then serve with duck.
- Wine & Spirits Magazine, October 2011- 93 points, Year’s Best Pinot Noir article
The 2008 Pinot Noir Estate Selection offers up greater complexity and aging potential. Lovely aromatics and good richness on the palate suggest that this impeccably balanced wine will deliver enjoyment through 2023.
- The Wine Advocate, October 2011 – 92 points
- Oregon Wine Awards, May 2011 – Double Gold