Amalie Robert Pinot Meunier (Willamette Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Other

Uva

Pinot Meunier

País

United States

Região

Willamette Valley · Willamette Valley

Denominação

Willamette Valley

Corpo

medium

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201588 pts

  A still wine made from the workhorse grape of true Champagne, this seems to be maturing rather rapidly, suggesting cured meat, bruised apple, strawberry and cherry. An impression of apple cider vinegar marks the finish. Drink up.

• 201489 pts

  This is a chunkier, somewhat rustic cousin to Pinot Noir, often used to bulk up a sparkling wine. Here, on its own, it's generously loaded with pomegranate, earth and green tea flavors. The aromatics capture some of the rose petal bouquet of its more delicate relation.

• 201390 pts

  This is the workhorse grape of Champagne and some domestic sparklers. Very little is bottled as still wine in Oregon. It has Pinot Noir color with some similar aromas of cola and sassafras, but veers off into an earthier, almost musky direction all its own. The pretty cherry fru…

• 200988 pts

  This grape is most commonly associated with Champagne, though David Lett established it as a varietal wine at Eyrie decades ago. From a young vineyard, this is deceptively light in the glass, yet the wine has grip and the flavors have follow-through. Spice, pomegranate, wild ber…