Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir 2005

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Winery:

Domaine Drouhin Oregon

Varietal:

Pinot Noir

Region:

USA > Oregon > Willamette Valley

Type:

Red Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

Drink Now - 2013

UPC:

 

User Tags:  tasting, special occasion, stone fruits, earthy, chemical, nose, closed, cherry, (tree) fruit, alcoholic 

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What to Expect

Oregon has only recently emerged as a source for premium wine and is winning fans over to their somewhat earthy style of Pinot Noir. With vineyards a bit cooler than most of California's, yet warmer still than Burgundy, Oregon's Pinot Noirs feature a synthesis of ripe fruit, ripe structure and transparency that draws on the strengths of both. The wines tend to have a touch of earthiness and a sense of transparency that many Pinots from California lack yet the fruit profile, full of dark berries, is decidedly warm-climate in nature.

Winemakers Notes

All of Domaine Drouhin Oregon's (DDO's) Pinot Noir is handpicked into 25-pound totes, then hand sorted & de-stemmed at their four-level gravity flow winery. Fermentations are long & careful. By the middle of November, all oftheir wine was safely in barrel. They use approximately 20% new oak with their Pinot Noir, which allows the character of the wine & vintage to show through. Barrels are custom made for them in Burgundy, using oak from France's best forests. Their goal is to produce Pinot Noirs with balance, elegance & finesse.From their earliest days in read more...barrel, the 2005 Pinot Noirs have been deep, dense wines. In contrast to the more delicate 2004, the 2005 is built on larger shoulders, with a strong backbone that will certainly reward with extended aging. Pinot Noir's more delicate heart beats beneath, but for now the 2005 is true to the vintage. Of course, one can happily enjoy the wine now with its expressive nose of lilac and violet blossoms, and a wild array of red and black fruits, white pepper, clove and orange peel. The body is rich and the finish long and silky, suggesting a minimum aging of 7 to 10 years.    (hide)

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