Opens with scents of violets, cherry, a whiff of minty herb and a touch of vanilla. Generously ripe dark cherry flavours come in a nicely balanced and structured package, finishing with a lick of mineral and a deft touch of oak. An interesting wine showing both Burgundian and New World influences.
From their Angela Estate vineyard in Yamhill-Carlton, this perfumed and generous Pinot shows the finesse of its ancient marine sedimentary soils. Ripe strawberry, raspberry and cherry are seasoned with rosehips, fine salts and pink peppercorn, and bracketed with fine, sticky/grippy tannins. Medium-full bodied, fleshy and round, with a snappy acidity to drive the whole through a lingering, warming finish.
So juicy and fresh with bright acidity, red and black fruit flavours and silky-smooth tannins, this is such a great wine to match with seafood off the grill with a slight char and smoky character.
Clear medium-deep plum red. Robust nose of raspberry, cherry and violets with noticeable but tastefully applied oak. Light-bodied with high acidity and prominent alcohol over lean raspberry and cherry flavours. Will keep for another year.
Very dark colour. Discrete nose of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant) and well-dosed oak. Full bodied, supple texture, low in acidity but not lacking or feeling flabby. Tannins are finely grained and tight; this is a serious wine, able to age. Try it in 5 years.
Deep straw in colour with a spicy, oaky, apple nose already showing traces of undergrowth; full-bodied, dry, pineapple and candy apple flavours. An easy-drinking Chardonnay, well-balanced fruit and oak.
Very pale in colour with a grassy, kiwi nose; medium- to full-bodied, dry, with well-extracted elderberry and green fig flavours; full in the mouth.