Zenith Vineyard Pinot Noir

This is a marvelous bottling from the 2014 St. Innocent single vineyard Pinot Noir lineup, perhaps my favorite of the range so far. This one has really captured an impressively wide spectrum of nuances. Densely concentrated red and black fruits, sweet spices and very pronounced earth. The sheer intensity is on par with the Freedom Hill and Momtazi, but a bit more defined and linear mid palate and brighter and slightly more focused aromatically. These wines tend to show significant tannins early on and this is certainly no exception. This is a powerhouse and a decidedly fruit-forward expression of Pinot Noir, but for all its extroversion it is endowed with fantastic nuance. Striking fruit purity and palate-coating texture, one of the most Burgundy-inspired wines of the lineup. Very expressive and highly perfumed with brooding, seductive charm. This will age beautifully and should be truly stunning after it sheds some of those youthful, brawny layers.

Very aromatic and elegant aromas! This Pinot Noir just wraps itself around your entire palate with kisses of strawberry, raspberry and candied cherry. The tannin and spices are just perfect and hugs your tongue like a loved one!

Excellent; anything St Innocent does is good

A very Burgundian Oregon Pinot -- lively red fruit on the palate with loads of crushed flowers

Dense dark red fruit, big bold body, wonderful earth tones... just a great bottle of wine!!!

Big magnum, wonderful red fruit, great earth tones has many@more years to this vintage! Happy 4th of July!!

AZcase dinner in a funky hotel called Tabard Inn.

Plum, licorice and spice, baby bottle but a nice treat after a long day of travel!

This is a hardcore Willamette Pinot - really dark sexy fruit, tobacco and coffee - Solid. Well integrated tannins. Excellent offering.

Extraction central. Not disappointing, but I've had much better from this house (and my mother--who perhaps should not be trusted--suggested that other 2014 St Innocents were similarly over-done).