Ruby colored. Tart, sour cherries. Light bodied. Fruit forward, smooth and one dimensional. This wine gift was mostly unremarkable. Agree with others that it is Beaujolais-like. Paired okay with a chicken stir fry.
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Grew on me. Heavy on oak and tobacco that subsides with time and exposure and turns into a fruit forward Pinot with a cab like backbone. This wine is an experience from corking through the last glass.
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Strange wine with off-putting oaky taste on PnP. After 2-3 hours of air time, it improved significantly. Really odd for a "supermarket" wine at this price point to require this much air time, but it did.
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I still compare this to Beaujolais, around the table the word juicy was repeated several times. Ham and Turkey on the Christmas table, a diverse group with many tastes and this was a good common denominator. Tasty but not super complex yet enough flavors to satisfy.
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Initially thought I smelt some wet cardboard and feared the worst. That note eventually vlew off and was replaced with a good balance of dark cherries, fresh turned earth, and a hint of smoke probably from the oak and not the 2020 wildfire.
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3/21/2023 - mvande21 Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Ruby colored. Tart, sour cherries. Light bodied. Fruit forward, smooth and one dimensional. This wine gift was mostly unremarkable. Agree with others that it is Beaujolais-like. Paired okay with a chicken stir fry.
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2/22/2023 - MarylovesParis Does not like this wine:
Definite smoke influence. Typically WVV pinot is very good to excellent, feeling cheated on this one.
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11/26/2022 - MDKaplan wrote:
House warming to Jay.
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7/21/2022 - EvanJB wrote:
Nice fruit on front end, nothing complex, fine for the price
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7/8/2022 - healthyparanoid Likes this wine: 82 Points
Jammy and nice. Great easy drinker. Nothing that blew me away but for the price was delicious
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6/12/2022 - jaydoodah Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Smoke on the nose and finish overwhelms the senses… very hard to get much more than that.
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3/10/2022 - Master2022 Does not like this wine: 79 Points
Wildfire special. Smokey nose and aftertaste. Willamette should have ditched 2020 vintage…
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1/24/2022 - Mlupton26 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Grew on me. Heavy on oak and tobacco that subsides with time and exposure and turns into a fruit forward Pinot with a cab like backbone. This wine is an experience from corking through the last glass.
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1/23/2022 - scotty_b wrote: 88 Points
Strange wine with off-putting oaky taste on PnP. After 2-3 hours of air time, it improved significantly. Really odd for a "supermarket" wine at this price point to require this much air time, but it did.
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1/21/2022 - pupaes Likes this wine: 88 Points
agree with comments that this very like beaujolais. food friendly.
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12/27/2021 - Nmacsata Likes this wine: 89 Points
Fresh, tart cherries throughout the entire quaff. More like a beaujolais than a pinot. Weak nose, but overall an enjoyable drink
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12/25/2021 - Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 89 Points
I still compare this to Beaujolais, around the table the word juicy was repeated several times. Ham and Turkey on the Christmas table, a diverse group with many tastes and this was a good common denominator. Tasty but not super complex yet enough flavors to satisfy.
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12/19/2021 - DTK Rockstar Likes this wine: 85 Points
Initially thought I smelt some wet cardboard and feared the worst. That note eventually vlew off and was replaced with a good balance of dark cherries, fresh turned earth, and a hint of smoke probably from the oak and not the 2020 wildfire.
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11/23/2021 - Mignon Kim Does not like this wine: 83 Points
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11/22/2021 - belchnbeaver Does not like this wine: 85 Points
The wine is trying to break through but distinct smoke taint here. I’ve seen it now in both pinot and rosé from 2020 in Willamette Valley.
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10/25/2021 - JPL Likes this wine: 92 Points
Heavy for a pinot but good. Dark, berry, almost like a cab.
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9/6/2021 - Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 89 Points
I want to compare this to a Beaujolais rather than a Pinot. It really fits that best. Fresh and supple mild sweet flavors very much a bj substitute.
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