Red

Natasha Pinot Noir

McMinnville · Willamette Valley · United States

Fact sheet

white meats · mushrooms · herb-based dishes · roast chicken · grilled salmon

201386 pts

Still purple-tinged and tasting younger than its vintage would suggest, this is tart with intense beet-root character. The cranberry fruit hides behind earth and stem, while remaining primary and simple.
200988 pts

Sporting a much-improved label design, the 2009 Natasha brings pungent, assertive scents of tomato leaf, pepper and moist earth. Sharp and focused, the fruit is there, though it's the leaf and earth components that stand out. For its earthy style, it's a well-made and complex of…