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Purple Cow Pinot Noir Sophie Edition 2006

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Winery:
Purple Cow Vineyards
Varietal:
Pinot Noir
Region:
USA > Oregon > Willamette Valley
Type:
 
Color:
Red
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2013
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User Tags:  tasting, tradition, color descriptors, rich, pinot, matt, barrel, complex, aromatic, structure 


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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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Here is Matt Talley's notes from our April 29th barrel tasting: "'06 Sophie's Edition--One of the most complex pinots I have ever tasted. Again, this is non-traditional to Oregon, in that it is dark, rich, and pleasantly aromatic. However, the words that come to mind with this wine are "brooding," "heavy," and "dense." This wine has a brandy-like aroma, a zin-like structure, and a syrah-like color. I'd buy two bottles. One for now, and one for 5-10 years from now. "

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Here is Matt Talley's notes from our April 29th barrel tasting: "'06 Sophie's Edition--One of the most complex pinots I have ever tasted. Again, this is non-traditional to Oregon, in that it is dark, rich, and pleasantly aromatic. However, the words that come to mind with this wine are "brooding," "heavy," and "dense." This wine has a brandy-like aroma, a zin-like structure, and a syrah-like color. I'd buy two bottles. One for now, and one for 5-10 years from now. "


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