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The 2021 Pinot Noir Yamhill-Carlton is savory and sweet, with a blend of grilled herbs and flowery underbrush giving way to plum sauce and dark chocolate. It’s soft-textured and round, with lifting acidity and ripe wild berry fruits contrasted by hints of inner sage. The 2021 finishes with medium length and a subtle tinge of spice, ending with a trace of black currant. (Eric Guido, Vinous, August 2024)
The 2021 Pinot Noir Yamhill-Carlton is savory and sweet, with a blend of grilled herbs and flowery underbrush giving way to plum sauce and dark chocolate. It’s soft-textured and round, with lifting acidity and ripe wild berry fruits contrasted by hints of inner sage. The 2021 finishes with medium length and a subtle tinge of spice, ending with a trace of black currant. (Eric Guido, Vinous, August 2024)
This is a bit chunkier and less subtle than past vintages I’ve tasted and loved. This 2016 seems overripe with an uncharacteristically deep ruby color and a bit hot on the palate. Cherry, Violet, dried orange peel, raspberry, a touch of smoke - it’s unmistakably pinot noir but overdone
This is a bit chunkier and less subtle than past vintages I’ve tasted and loved. This 2016 seems overripe with an uncharacteristically deep ruby color and a bit hot on the palate. Cherry, Violet, dried orange peel, raspberry, a touch of smoke - it’s unmistakably pinot noir but overdone
Had once before and one to cherish before other bottles. A very high acid wine, especially for the 2012 Oregon vintage. Cut blackberries, black olives, wet oceanic soils, and cherries greet you on the nose. Bright acid of cherries mellow into blueberries and cremè de cassis, finishing long with black cherries, bramble, pepper, and hot Jory soil.
Had once before and one to cherish before other bottles. A very high acid wine, especially for the 2012 Oregon vintage. Cut blackberries, black olives, wet oceanic soils, and cherries greet you on the nose. Bright acid of cherries mellow into blueberries and cremè de cassis, finishing long with black cherries, bramble, pepper, and hot Jory soil.
Well, I’ll be damned. I could have sworn this was aged in American oak, not French. But then I looked, and yep, French barrels. Hard to say but there is some ‘yeehaw’ in this that you rarely get in an Oregon Pinot. It’s bigger and heavier and has a cowboy like quality. What I mean is that it’s less finesse and elegant, more in your face. Lots of vanilla and oak components. Heavy tobacco, some citric fruits too. Really delicious. Surprising that it’s Oregon.
Well, I’ll be damned. I could have sworn this was aged in American oak, not French. But then I looked, and yep, French barrels. Hard to say but there is some ‘yeehaw’ in this that you rarely get in an Oregon Pinot. It’s bigger and heavier and has a cowboy like quality. What I mean is that it’s less finesse and elegant, more in your face. Lots of vanilla and oak components. Heavy tobacco, some citric fruits too. Really delicious. Surprising that it’s Oregon.
Quite deep ruby for a Pinot noir tilting heavily to black fruit - cherry, Cassi and violet. It's delicious even if it isn't totally variety correct - there is a lot of oak spice here that tends to obscure the acidity and Elegance. Long finish, drinkable now.
Quite deep ruby for a Pinot noir tilting heavily to black fruit - cherry, Cassi and violet. It's delicious even if it isn't totally variety correct - there is a lot of oak spice here that tends to obscure the acidity and Elegance. Long finish, drinkable now.
Blackberry, black cherry, baking spice, violets, forest floor, seaweed. Very firm structure and brooding black fruit with a pronounced salinity. Just a baby, so give it a nice hard decant or preferably a few years in the cellar.
Blackberry, black cherry, baking spice, violets, forest floor, seaweed. Very firm structure and brooding black fruit with a pronounced salinity. Just a baby, so give it a nice hard decant or preferably a few years in the cellar.
Yamhill-Carlton, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
