This Carabella masterpiece which scored 91 from WIne Enthusiast (WE) 6 years ago is supposed to “hold up a decade or so”, per WE, and it does. From the Chehalem AVA, which is the northernmost AVA of Willamette valley, geologist turned winemaker Mike Hallock produced a masterpiece. The fruits, blackberries and boysenberries, along with the unique Oregon minerality blend together really well. Aging for nearly 10 years is great as the earlier consumption of this wine didn’t show the true character. Another great Oregon Pinot Noir! — 6 years ago
Celebrating the power coming back on after 7 hours! Off the grid is soooooo overrated! This is an excellent Oregon Pinot by one of the best "secret wineries". — 8 years ago
Excellent Oregon Pinot. Makes me want to hit their cyber Monday sale. This wine is missing from Delectable and is a Pinot Dijon 667 clone. — 4 years ago
Dusty herbs and spices. — 6 years ago
Dark (from thick Pinot skins), more tannin than carabella (this being anden), nice berry (can't pinpoint type, boisenberry maybe), sticky slight sweetness — 7 years ago
A little tight at opening, but opened to wonderful dark cherry and mineral, good depth — 8 years ago
Late harvest nice balance of sweetnesss and acidity quit nice with foie grass — 6 years ago
Had this some duck breast. Very nice with the duck and blood orange rissoto. Great balance of fruit and tannins — 6 years ago
Needs a few years to stand with the 07s in their excellence — 8 years ago
Ryan White
Not oaky and very light — 2 years ago