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Elk Cove Rosé Pinot Noir 2006

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Elk Cove Rosé Pinot Noir (2006)

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Winery:
Elk Cove Vineyards
Varietal:
Pinot Noir
Region:
USA > Oregon > Willamette Valley
Type:
Rosé Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2013
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User Tags:  berry, red, crisp, color descriptors, strawberry, refreshing, accessory fruits, bramble fruits, game, spices 


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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.

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Pinot Noir from Elk Cove is always elegant in style. Here we have their pink version - simply meaning that the juice after pressing didn't remain in contact with the red skins for very long.


 

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Snooth User: Sung
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Very crisp, like a very light white wine. Slight bitterness gives way to a clean finish. Refreshing.


July 2007

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Delicate red fruit nose, smells crisp. Its obviously a pinot noir - notes of raspberries and earth. Even some watermelon - well it is a rose. Very crisp, clean finish. Served with spicy pork stir fry.


July 2007

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Elk Cove Rose 06 praised in The Oregonian: ""But when a pinot noir ros? is successful, it's one of the most rewarding ros?s you can drink. Elk Cove Vineyards in Gaston seems to have the knack. This 2006 rendition has just the right pale watermelon hue and delivers all of pinot noir's famed berryish goodness and delicacy, with unmistakable whiffs of strawberry and red cherry. This is a dry, refined pinot noir ros?, a benchmark bottling." - M.K.

Scents of strawberries and red cherries, flavors of strawberries, raspberries, red cherries, and a hint of rose read more...


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Rating: 86/100 - As reviewed by Wine & Spirits Magazine on 10/07


 

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