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2010 Amalie's Cuvee Pinot Noir

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Amalie’s Cuvée is an exclusive barrel selection of Pinot Noir representing the unique qualities of our vineyard. Every block within our 30 acre vineyard is individually hand harvested at its peak of flavor maturity and intensity. Block by block, the fruit is fermented by indigenous yeast in small 1.5 ton lots and matured for over 18 months in French oak barrels.

Every vineyard block and clone/rootstock combination showcases something unique and special from the vineyard. After fermentation is complete, the wine is placed into a selection of barrels to mature. We source French oak barrels from several coopers. The wine takes a different path to maturity in each barrel, developing its own nuances. Our use of whole clusters in each fermentation provides a continuously evolving tasting experience.

We taste all of our barrels of wine many times throughout the year. We experience the evolution of flavors and aromas and remember the significant events in our vineyard. The excitement of an early bloom, the mystery of a very light fruit set, the discovery of color change at veraison and the rapture of harvest. Tasting each barrel of wine provides us a snapshot in time. We experience the wine’s development.

Again this year, we selected the barrels of wine that offered supple elegance and presence. After repeated trials, a very special and familiar blend began to emerge. From year to year, we strive to reveal the elegance and grace of Oregon Pinot Noir. Amalie’s Cuvée is this blend.

Amalie’s Cuvée showcases the elegance and finesse of our vineyard. Dena looks for barrels that offer complexity, and intriguing nuances with layers of fruit and texture. This wine’s power is in its seductive enchantment.

Ruby red exposes you to a cornucopia of exotic aromas orbiting around cinnamon, clove, coriander, and baking spices with an overlay of red raspberry preserves. The palate experience is lithe and elegant revealing red currant, tart cherry, and sundrenched blackberries wrapped in an earthy core of baking cocoa. The refined stem tannin provides the structure where the invigorating acidity teases the enduring finish. Unfined and unfiltered.

2010 Amalie's Cuvée Pinot Noir

Bright ruby-red. A complex, expressive bouquet evokes fresh red berries, Asian spices and potpourri, with a hint of smoky minerals emerging with aeration. Offers juicy, incisive black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors that stretch out and deepen with air while picking up a suave rose pastille nuance. Shows excellent clarity and drive on the persistent finish, which is firmed by dusty, harmonious tannins and a jolt of blood orange.

- Josh Raynolds, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, July/Aug 2012 – 93 points

Amalie’s Cuvée is a blend of some of the winery’s best lots, and it’s clear that they’ve melded well in this 2010. Light and fresh, it leads with brisk red cherry accents. Its flavors are more assertive but still carry a light tone, marked by a rosy, floral scent. It’s tea-like in its transparency as well as its tannic tension and firmness. An elegant wine for grilled arctic char.

- Wine & Spirits Magazine, October 2014 – 92 points

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Amalie Robert Estate is open for tastings by appointment.

503.88.CUVEE (28833)

cuvee@amalierobert.com

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