April 13, 2024 - Sour cherry fruit with light and sweet red accents, sweet spice, meaty and herbal complexity. Juicy palate with a defined sour cherry fruit, but also adding darker features. Nice balance and a slightly spicy finish as an extra. The 2019 keeps delivering with remarkable consistency.
April 5, 2024 - Natural cork, light ruby in the glass. Bright red fruits on the nose. Tart cherry and strawberry flavours. Quite a bit of acidity. Tannins are still noticeable.
Good QPR, will improve and integrate nicely over the next five years.
March 7, 2024 - This bottle never clicked, bitter finish which have been related to pea shoots we ate, not much bouquet, fruit was subdued, drank with blackened salmon, paprika potatoes and pea shoots - maybe not the best pairing, drank ok but still disappointing, last bottle, on to other bottlings.
March 3, 2024 - Subdued nose of strawberry, pomegranate, red cherry and sous-bois notes with some background sweetness. A lighter-bodied frame with pronounced acidity, gradually opening up over a couple of hours to develop a creamier palate profile. Medium finish. I was left wanting - for me, this wine was like a plane taxiing down the runway but never quite achieving lift-off. A glass poured on day 2 had taken a step backward. My score reflects the best part of its drinking window.
February 29, 2024 - Another 2019 stunner. Is this the best Willamette Valley vintage ever? I think so. Vibrant red berry, mushroom and earth on the nose. Same on the palate with loads of lively fresh cherry and cranberry, and some light herbal accent. Lots of acid and enough tannin to lay it down at least 5 more years and let those earthy notes come out more. Everything is in harmony bringing together the pop of new world fruit with the grace of old world restraint. The finish is long. It’s lean, elegant, and very classy. Drink now - roughly 2029.
February 4, 2024 - Drinking really well now. Would buy agin.
January 25, 2024 - Aroma is classic, rich new world Pinot Aroma. Cherry & cheese, earthy mushroom
Flavor follows suit with cherry juice with the mushroom cheese notes.
Light bodied.
January 10, 2024 - English strawberries on the nose, medium bodied, very well integrated now with silky almost powdery tannins and the fruit is like a savoury strawberry and there's freshness and well judged acidity. Good persistence and length. The previously noticeable oak has been gobbled up, as expected. Bravo DDO. Sealed with Diam 5.
January 4, 2024 - Pale ruby colour. Medium and developing nose with red cherry, charred wood, forest floor, spices and dark chocolate. Medium taste of red cherry, charred wood, forest floor, spices, dark chocolate and wet leaves. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Light tannins. Medium body. A very good Oregon Pinot Noir. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with duck, pork or poultry.
December 17, 2023 - Ce magnifique pinot noir provenant de la Dundee Hills AVA fleure la cerise rouge, la framboise ainsi que la terre humide. En bouche, cette cuvée mi-corsée est doté d’un bel équilibre et d’une intensité considérable. Aux arômes mentionnés ci-dessus se greffent des notes de sous-bois, conférant davantage de complexité à ce pinard de la côte Ouest américaine. La cerise sur le gâteau : le pinot noir 2019 du Domaine Drouhin Oregon jouit d’une longue finale, prolongeant ainsi le plaisir.