Masi Corbec 2008 / Gerard Vertrand Cigalus 2009 / Erath Willmette Valley PN 2009 — 11 years ago
Like erath, but cheaper — 11 years ago
Kind of amazingly still hanging in there. Reminded me of aged Loire valley cab franc. Super acid driven even now but that aged earthy vegetably type flavor in a great way. Red pepper over green pepper. Super fun — 9 years ago
Dry wine that finishes well. Buy it again. — 9 years ago
This is one of 300 bottles pulled out of the remnants of a winery fire in Chelan last year. 80 barrels or '12 and '13 lost in the span of 45 minutes. Four Lakes Winery has come back from that and did this gem. It was surprisingly tight on take off. We have it about a half hour and it opened up very nicely. Fruit forward with a slight limestone action on the tippy-toey end. I've had fire-surviving wine before, but I'll remember this one. PS: my first was a 2000 Erath Pinot Noir. — 9 years ago
Picked up during our trip to Oregon. Slightly fruit forward with a slight tinge of sweetness. Easy drinking. — 11 years ago
Wow. Just wow. Bright and beautiful. Smells like strawberries drying in the sun. Amazing grip. Just amazing. This wine is blowing my mind. Dances on the pallet with rhubarb, cinnamon and clove, finishing with cola and the feeling of staring out across the Willamette...and it lasts and lasts. — 9 years ago
Plum. Cherry. A great thinking wine. — 9 years ago
Classic Graves scorched Erath, very good esp for the vintage. — 10 years ago
Oaky for a rose. Not sweet. Almost drinks like the Pinot blanc or a Chardonnay — 11 years ago
Oregon Dornfelder. Cool stuff. Planted by Dick Erath planted the vines in 1984. — 11 years ago
Christine Havens
Tasted together, the 1983, I'm told was the better vintage. After 32 years, that sentiment still holds true. The aromatics have developed into a demure and perfumey elixir of dried rose petals, forest floor, spearmint, sassafras, and allspice. Its brickish in the glass, the color of worn leather, and yields intriguing, atypical notes of wild game, sultana, dried blood and iron ore. Knudsen Vineyard blocks are seated on iron-rich Jory soils, is it possible that this is the evolution of Pinot grown in this soil type? — 9 years ago