A to Z Wineworks Tasting Notes
Super sexy and spicy on the nose with aromas of apricots, blueberries, Bing cherries, blood oranges, gingerbread, white pepper, sweet Eastern spices, violets, tea and sweet pipe tobacco. In the mouth, the wine has refreshing acidity with silky tannins and rich flavors mirroring the aromatics. The 2009 A to Z Oregon Pinot Noir restrains power while balancing richness and purity with a clean and refreshing finish. Classically proportioned and built for midterm aging, the wine will continue to build weight and structure with cellaring.
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Wine Spectator
Light and refreshing, open-textured and inviting, offering raspberry, tea leaf and spice flavors that linger delicately. Drink now. 89 points
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Wine Advocate
Containing a major share of Willamette Valley fruit (including lots not chosen for Rex Hill's Willamette cuvee) but also juice from the Columbia Gorge and selected high-altitude sites in southern Oregon, the A to Z 2010 Pinot Noir offers ripe but tart-edged red currant tinged with black tea and subtly-integrated fruit pit bitterness as well as spice and smoke imparted by used barriques. A snappy, mouthwateringly saline and persistently juicy finish invigorated and promises to adeptly adapt to a wide range of cuisine. I would plan to enjoy this display of some distinctly Pinot virtues over the next year or two. 87 points
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