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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by arthrovine on 2/19/2024: Wow
A sensational bottle of wine I’m in polite disagreement with Motz below (I’ve been a fan of hisn superlative palate for years). This bottle showed beautiful integration of wood, fruit, tannn, acid and age. For me it is drinking at its apogee for pleasure. I enjoyed Great saline and leesy fruit character with that crisp texture reminiscent of riesling.
1 bottle left and fully intend to reward myself with consumption in the next 9-12 mos-if I can find it. Who’s with me? (203 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 11/12/2023 & rated 93 points: Excessive wood, next to the same vintage La Source, detracts from the whole. Too much wood, even by heavily oaked Burgundy standards. A delicious bottle of wine, by any measure. Drink or hold for several years. 93-94. (701 views) | | | Tasted by jkwoodward on 2/1/2020 & rated 91 points: Excellent character in the class with honey color. Slightly muted with lemon flavors. Not sure if I waited too long or not long enough. Cork looked good. (906 views) | | | Tasted by Jonathanmustang on 5/21/2018 & rated 92 points: Nez jeune, beurré, pierre à fusil, citron, pierre de rivière et un peu de gazon
Bouche complexe, beaucoup de fruit, de matière et une acidité parfaite pour balancer le tout, minéral, citrons, aucune lourdeur ou overkill de sucre comme je le vois parfois dans des vins américains.
Longue finale, gouteuse et persistante
Un délice
À l’aveugle j’aurais callé meursault! (1828 views) | | | Tasted by Etienne U3R on 8/13/2017: Noix grillées au nez. Bonne acidité en bouche on dirait un meursault, c'est probablement ce que j'aurais dit a l'aveugle. C'est très bon, avec une longueur très appréciable, un délice. Un peu trop cher pour que j'en achète par contre. (2214 views) | | | Tasted by nmichaud1 on 8/13/2017: Un vin qui fait très bourgogne, bel équilibre, légère acidité et boisé. Excellent avec une belle longueur, cependant le prix me stop pour des achats futurs. (2167 views) | | | Tasted by Jean-Philippe M on 8/12/2017: À l'aveugle je serais à Meursault, en village. C'est frais, légèrement acide, boisé et bien peu fruité. À 50$ je trouverais ce vin un must à acheter, mais à 130$ c'est du vol.
2,5/5 (2308 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 8/24/2016 & rated 90 points: WIML90
Tasted blind.
Light yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of spice, ricola, citrus and mixed yellow fruits. Flavors of lemon, peach wasser and pears. Tangy acidity, medium body. Drink over the short term. My guess was this is a 2012 Oregon Chardonnay. (2452 views) | | | Tasted by Javatrader on 5/30/2015 & rated 91 points: pale lemon
Flinty, immediate "burg" characteristics, steely, minerally, This nose is all white burgundy
Same flintiness here, citrus rather than stone fruit, grapefruit, slightly dirty, lemon, very precise
Very interested to see if this softens and develops in a few years (1806 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 5/20/2015 & rated 94 points: Tasted alongside the 2010 La Source over three days. An excellent wine, elegant even, revealing excellent purity of fruit and terroir. Overall, though arguably more charming than the La Source, it does not deliver the same exhilarating punch or bracing structure. For this style of wine I prefer Burgundy. (1682 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 3/9/2015 & rated 95 points: Tasted twice, upon opening around midday, then with dinner. This is a ridiculously interesting wine, intensely juicy, showing kumquat, gooseberry, tangerine, florals, impression of ocean salinity, and kiss of dry mead. Exceptional weight, balance, and texture. It changes inflection beautifully. Massively structured, palate-coating, and very long. My impression is that the more affordable 2010 La Source is every bit as good, or better, but was able to enjoy the La Source over three days. Will have to sample both side-by-side, in the name of science of course. (2099 views) | | | Tasted by rylanreynolds on 4/13/2014 & rated 89 points: It's a descent Chard but for $70 I expected more from Evening Land. (2246 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 9/13/2012 & rated 92 points: Willamette Valley Producers visit San Francisco (Golden Gate Club in The Presidio, San Francisco, California): Light yellow color; tart pear, light hazelnut nose; tasty, flavorful, tart pear palate with medium acidity; medium-plus finish (3477 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (9/13/2012)
(Evening Land Vineyards Chardonnay Summum Seven Springs Vineyard) Light yellow color; tart pear, light hazelnut nose; tasty, flavorful, tart pear palate with medium acidity; medium-plus finish 92 points |
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| Evening Land Vineyards Producer website
L.A. Times article: Evening Land Vineyards' eccentric yet grounded vintner
We absolutely love the wines being made by Rajat Parr and Sashi Moorman. They capture everything exciting about modern American winemaking; elegance, intensity, tension and vitality. Our release of their latest Sta. Rita Hills wines from their Californian label, Sandhi, disappeared in record time a couple of weeks ago, so we are delighted to now present the brand new 2021 Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from their Oregon winery, Evening Land. Their philosophy and winemaking approach remains the same at both locations of course, but the resulting wines are markedly different. Terroir!
The Willamette Valley in Oregon is often compared to Burgundy, for the challenging growing conditions, varieties planted, and the quality-minded smaller scale producers that have chosen to work here. It is therefore not surprising that super sommelier Raj Parr and winemaker Sashi Moorman, who bonded over their love for elegant European wines, found their second home (away from their Domaine de la Cote vineyard) here, becoming full owners of Evening Land in 2012.
The Evening Land estate, whose vineyard is known as ‘Seven Springs’ is planted overwhelmingly to Pinot Noir, followed by Chardonnay, and Gamay. The oldest own-rooted blocks of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are a testament to, and daily reminder of, Oregon’s incredible winemaking history. Seven Springs’ eastern exposure ensures the vineyard awakens to the warmth of the morning sun. The vineyard’s position opposite the windy Van Duzer Corridor, mitigates hot, sunny afternoons in the Willamette Valley with cool winds from the Pacific. As valley temperatures increase throughout the day, warm air rises, replaced by cooling winds flooding in from the Pacific through the Van Duzer gap and across the vineyard. This daily cooling, along with the eastern aspect, affords the grapes the luxury of extended time on the vine.
Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeSeven Springs VineyardThe next stop in the quest was to Oregon and the legendary Seven Springs Vineyard in the Eola Hills. Evening Land reunited a vineyard that had been split into two (The Seven Springs Vineyard at the top and Anden at the lower portion). Now, at 80 acres, it is by far the largest of the Evening Land Vineyards with old vines and new plantings. It takes advantage of the potentials of mixing and blending parts of the vineyard as well making two micro-cuvees off of tiny specific portions of the vineyard that lie on a volcanic cross on the belly of the Seven Springs Hill.
On weinlagen-infoUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.Oregon Oregon Wine, Oregon Wineries (Oregon Wine Board)Willamette Valley Willamette Valley Wineries Association | Willamette Valley (Oregon Wine Board)
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