Needs a bit of air upon opening to blow off the reductive edge.
Shows juicy, ripe, creamy blueberry with a bit of toasted and a fresh, mineral streak.
The magic happens on the palate - brilliant energy & depth. Great, pure, juicy, fresh blueberries with rocky minerality. Sappy, velvety tannins, vibrant acidity, so fresh.
This is brilliant stuff - complex, elegant, quite serious. And so drinkable. . — 7 months ago
Great, Smokey, no high tang.
— 3 years ago
Smooth table wine, good with steak. — 5 years ago
Smooth and sweet, very good — 8 years ago
in line with the other reviews. An exceptional wine maker, doing everything from planting to pruning to winemaking. Very small production. Opened the bottle about an hour before consuming every last drop. Quite delicious. An exceptional example of Oregon Pinot Noir.  — 4 months ago
Very smooth taste not super bitter — 7 months ago
13.8% ABV Raspberry, red fruit — 9 months ago
Blueberry — 7 years ago
Very light and drinkable. Yumfest — 8 years ago
Too often this,wine is drunk at release. Just a little patience goes a long way. At 7 years the primary black and red fruit is still there with dried plums showing up along with cedar cocoa tar anise. Tannins still there so can go along a bit longer bit why wait — 4 months ago
We had the 2013 vintage on 1/11/24. Tastes of blackberry l, plum, eucalyptus and camphor. Full bodied and fruit forward. A very good Washington Merlot. — 5 months ago
Berry, plum, leather…nice acid. — 8 months ago
Charles is in charge of my taste buds! Seriously though, Scott Baio is just terrible now. But this wine isn’t. Great taste for the price point! — 2 years ago
Delicious. I would buy again — 4 years ago
Really tight, at first... searing acidity. Mellowed after a while. #lastglassbest — 5 years ago
If you want some luxurious fruit to match your steak, once and a while, a fun break from quaffable! — 9 years ago
Peter Glossop
I had bought this wine for my wife who likes robust wines  - what a pleasant surprise in addition to its body. It had complex bursting flavors. Consistently flavourful from the first taste on my lips to the Gargle and aftertaste. I matched it with sirloin steak from an elk and some mushrooms with garlic, and the universe was as it should be.  — 4 months ago