Red
Cygnus Block Pinot Noir
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Country
- United States
- Region
- McMinnville · Willamette Valley
- Appellation
- McMinnville, Willamette Valley, Oregon
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
duck · wild mushrooms · lamb · roast pork
Rated vintages
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201495 pts
This new cuvée is sourced from a 2008 planting of the Swan clone, rare in Oregon. The aromatics are dazzling, with a lightly peppery, meaty aspect around slightly muted notes of herb and rock. The fruit is especially generous, with blackberry and boysenberry predominant. The win…