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Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Blanc 2022

Great aperitif light dinner wine on a hot night. Nose shows gorgeously pure orchard fruit, a little wet straw, and a bit of crushed stone. Great balance and brightness on the palate, with very nice acids and spritely minerality zooming the fruit along. It’s Pinot Blanc, so don’t expect great depth or complexity, but it sure is fun to drink. Fantastic value. — 5 months ago

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Red Wine Blend 2017

Gift from Pam the winemaker — 3 years ago

Ron, David and 1 other liked this

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943 Clone Pinot Noir

Brambly and dusty in a good way — 4 years ago

Daniel P., David and 3 others liked this

Willful

Willamette Valley Rosé of Pinot Noir

One word wine, one word review: obsessed. #delectableapp — 10 years ago

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Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2020

Выпито с Еленой. Красные ягоды с сильным вкусом табака и предложением земельных запахов. Отличный экземпляр орегонского пино — 2 years ago

Willful

Pinot Noir 2018

Quite nice with Pat’s grilled steaks ($19) flavorful and balanced — 3 years ago

Willful

Ribbon Ridge Chardonnay

Reminiscent of meursault slash ladioux — 4 years ago

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Daedalus Cellars

Jezebel Oregon Pinot Noir

Tastes nice. Not on the wine. Fruit forward for sure but not too much. Compare to idealist. $12 willful salty and rich. Earthy but not dirt earth. — 9 years ago

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Château de la Louvière

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

64% Cab 30% Merlot 3 % cab franc 3 % Petit Verdot 90 points across the board on release, time heals all wounds!
K&L notes as follows.
Another $45.00 Steal

I often imagine the vine as a family tree, stretching back centuries, in this case, to 1550 or so, when La Louvière acquired its name from the many hungry wolves (louves) that roamed the deep forests of the Graves, well before the construction of the elegant 18th century chateau that adorns the label of this flagship wine. This brief history lesson makes me appreciate even more the imposing qualities of the 2005 La Louvière, a wine with a lot of time on its hands. Firm and taut as a young wolf, with the strong heart to endure and improve for a decade or more, gracefully maturing into a benchmark Pessac-Léognan, stylish and fleshier, more supple and savoury as the willful tannins are further seduced by the dark and persuasive fruit. If you really can't wait, then bite the cork, figuratively, and decant for an hour before enjoying with gently-braised lamb shanks.
— 3 years ago

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Paul T HB

Oh yeah, my favorite 05 so far, found 3 more bottles today in Oregon
Tom Casagrande

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Been too long since I had a La Louviere!
Paul T HB

Paul T HB

@Jody Scharf this is the one I ordered more of but they were out of stock, so they recommended that 08 & 16 I opened tonight.

Bodegas Akutain

Gran Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2004

this is the kind of wine you buy on spec as a vote of confidence that you'll soon have some unexpected moment of good fortune—willful superstition, your Tony Robbins Reserva, your crypto ambrosia—and the more you believe, the better it works. $50. — 4 years ago

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