Red

Meyer Vineyard Pinot Noir

Willamette Valley · Willamette Valley · United States

Fact sheet

duck · lamb · pork · mushrooms · polenta · soft cheeses

201488 pts

A light pretty wine, this brings a mix of strawberry and Bing cherry front and center. There's no real density or complexity; the fruit is fresh and clean and follows through in a light consistent finish.
201292 pts

This Dundee Hills vineyard really shines in 2012, with multi-layered flavors of sweet, spicy, slightly candied fruits. Kirsch, orange peel, smoke and sandalwood play against each other, with a citrus kick to the underlying acidity. Bright and focused through a long finish, this…
200891 pts

Lemelson makes a consistent lineup of single vineyard Pinots, and with a track record extending back a decade or more, the results are predictably satisfying. The Meyer has a solid core of blackberry and black cherry, highlighted with a lining of licorice, scents of dried herb a…
200691 pts

The Meyer Vineyard, in the Red Hills of Dundee, ripened especially well in 2006, bringing forth concentrated fruits that mix raspberry, cranberry, pie cherry and finishing hints of rhubarb. Spice and sharp acids add definition to the midpalate, and the careful barrel aging has i…
200587 pts

It opens with sweet/tart raspberry fruit, a streamlined, well-defined wine underscored by tart, citrusy acids. It does not show the harmonious complexity of the blends, but it is a very pleasant wine, soft and approachable, sweet and smooth. A bit one-dimensional; it begins with…