Love and Squalor
Willamette Valley Gamay Noir
Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Great label if you must shelter in place (reminds me of my grad school days). Anyway... New vintage, 110 cases made, what’s it like? Moderately extracted pigment, purple-red. Raspberry and blackberry aromas, if you can get past the initial barnyard. Blackberry and tart black plum flavors, medium weight seed tannins, late skin astringency on finish, graphite, umami and tart Black Beauty plum aftertaste. Needs time to open, at least 30 minutes. Pretty good acidity like all their wines. After 24 hours, barnyard aroma is gone, while raspberry and blackberry flavors predominate followed by plum and graphite-umami finish.
Great label if you must shelter in place (reminds me of my grad school days). Anyway... New vintage, 110 cases made, what’s it like? Moderately extracted pigment, purple-red. Raspberry and blackberry aromas, if you can get past the initial barnyard. Blackberry and tart black plum flavors, medium weight seed tannins, late skin astringency on finish, graphite, umami and tart Black Beauty plum aftertaste. Needs time to open, at least 30 minutes. Pretty good acidity like all their wines. After 24 hours, barnyard aroma is gone, while raspberry and blackberry flavors predominate followed by plum and graphite-umami finish.
Apr 3rd, 2020Dense purple, highly extracted. Black currant, graphite and sulfite notes initially. Cherrystone, fruit punch and graphite flavors. Light but chewy seed tannins in finish with spice-black pepper aftertaste. After three hours, some raspberry flavor emerges. 110 cases made
Dense purple, highly extracted. Black currant, graphite and sulfite notes initially. Cherrystone, fruit punch and graphite flavors. Light but chewy seed tannins in finish with spice-black pepper aftertaste. After three hours, some raspberry flavor emerges. 110 cases made
Aug 9th, 2019
Bell pepper fruit punch. I could drink this all day.
Bell pepper fruit punch. I could drink this all day.
Jan 30th, 2018