Willamette Valley Vineyards Tualatin Estate Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Pinot Noir

País

United States

Região

Willamette Valley · Willamette Valley

Denominação

Willamette Valley

Corpo

medium

Acidez

high

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201587 pts

  The production of this nationally-distributed wine almost doubled this vintage, making it one of the most visible Oregon Pinots in the country. It's medium bodied and offers good varietal character, but there is a slight off-note on the nose, which carries through the finish, al…

• 201490 pts

  Dijon and Pommard clones blend gracefully here, pushing sweet cherry fruit and baking spices into the flavor center. A touch of fresh-baked pie crust lingers also, and this easy-drinking cuvée should be enjoyed now through 2020.

• 201390 pts

  This wine has a crystalline clarity both in its color and its palate impressions. Light and elegant, it offers highlights of rose petals and raspberries, pinpoint acids and polished tannins.

• 201287 pts

  These old vines produce a powerful wine, that retains strong flavors of stem and earth despite the extra ripeness in 2012. The red berry fruit slides into suggestions of tomato juice.

• 201187 pts

  Scents of roses and cherries fill the nose, followed by raspberries and light milk chocolate in the mouth. There's a suggestion of wet stone also. The balance is good, although the wine skirts the edge of being a bit too thin on the finish.

• 201088 pts

  Crisply defined, this cuvée, from a vineyard well to the north in the Willamette Valley, has highlights of pine and herb. The fruit is a mix of pomegranate and orange peel, sharp and penetrating.

• 200990 pts

  There remains a hard, tight, tannic shell around this young Pinot; it seems to have slid into a bit of a dumb phase. But peeking through is clean, ripe, black cherry fruit, with excellent concentration. A smoky finish adds complexity.

• 200690 pts

  The Estate Vineyard bottling shows a definite meaty, almost Rhone-like aroma, but this is no Syrah. It's a very elegant, light, sultry bottle of Pinot Noir. The tart black cherry and currant fruit is shadowed by smoke and cinnamon, but the balance throughout is light and delicat…