Holocene
Memorialis Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
The 2021 Pinot Noir Memorialis is impossible to ignore, with a dusty blend of raspberry, violets, underbrush and sweet spice. It's round with a pleasant inner sweetness up front as a wave of juicy acidity enlivens its crisp red fruits. This balances power with finesse, leaving a staining of cherry-berry fruits contrasted by a chalky mineral-tinged tannin coating. (Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2024)
The 2021 Pinot Noir Memorialis is impossible to ignore, with a dusty blend of raspberry, violets, underbrush and sweet spice. It's round with a pleasant inner sweetness up front as a wave of juicy acidity enlivens its crisp red fruits. This balances power with finesse, leaving a staining of cherry-berry fruits contrasted by a chalky mineral-tinged tannin coating. (Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2024)
Let’s see how this one opens. Dunnuck calls this domestic Grand Cru... It opens tight with big floral and kirsch nose. Good acidity. Good structure.
Let’s see how this one opens. Dunnuck calls this domestic Grand Cru... It opens tight with big floral and kirsch nose. Good acidity. Good structure.
Apr 19th, 2021
Dark soft earthy black cherries not yet ripened. Well balanced. Oregon or Burgundy?? No vegitation just yumminess (per Bob)
Dark soft earthy black cherries not yet ripened. Well balanced. Oregon or Burgundy?? No vegitation just yumminess (per Bob)
May 15th, 2018
Beautiful Pinot Noir made by Todd Alexander from Force Majeure in Washington State and Bryant Family Vineyard in Napa. This bottling comes from the Monk’s Gate Vineyard in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA in Oregon and only 250 cases produced.
Mix of garnet and ruby red. Layered nose with notes of leather, forest floor, baking spices, perfumes blackberries, and a touch sweet smoky. Medium tannins and acidity (6/10) and medium bodied. Quite powerful and voluptuous for a Pinot Noir. Lots of purple flowers on the palate with some blue berries, twigs, dark spices, anise, gravel and some red berries, like currants and black cherries. Long and lingering finish. Drink will 2023.
Sample provided by winemaker, retail price is $49.00.
Beautiful Pinot Noir made by Todd Alexander from Force Majeure in Washington State and Bryant Family Vineyard in Napa. This bottling comes from the Monk’s Gate Vineyard in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA in Oregon and only 250 cases produced.
Mix of garnet and ruby red. Layered nose with notes of leather, forest floor, baking spices, perfumes blackberries, and a touch sweet smoky. Medium tannins and acidity (6/10) and medium bodied. Quite powerful and voluptuous for a Pinot Noir. Lots of purple flowers on the palate with some blue berries, twigs, dark spices, anise, gravel and some red berries, like currants and black cherries. Long and lingering finish. Drink will 2023.
Sample provided by winemaker, retail price is $49.00.
Upside surprise, whole cluster earth and black tea spice. Decent length.
Upside surprise, whole cluster earth and black tea spice. Decent length.
Jul 15th, 2023
Not your typical Oregon Pinot, dark brooding, concentrated, black cherry and earth perfect age for drinking, smooth, tannins luscious full mouth feel
Not your typical Oregon Pinot, dark brooding, concentrated, black cherry and earth perfect age for drinking, smooth, tannins luscious full mouth feel
Feb 16th, 2023
Parents in town and I opened something different. This has a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the nose. Dark cherries and baking spices. Nice acidity. This is a big Pinot that probably needs another 3 to 5 years to really shine, but is drinking extremely well now.
Parents in town and I opened something different. This has a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the nose. Dark cherries and baking spices. Nice acidity. This is a big Pinot that probably needs another 3 to 5 years to really shine, but is drinking extremely well now.
Dec 21st, 2021
A cross between a Le Corton in a warm year and one of the low-throttled Belle Glos Pinots. So finely made, barely restrained power on the nose (dark, stemmy red cherries and rosy florals) and on the palate (deep black berries and strawberry, black tea). This got better and better, portends to a long life. Outstanding value and sophistication.
A cross between a Le Corton in a warm year and one of the low-throttled Belle Glos Pinots. So finely made, barely restrained power on the nose (dark, stemmy red cherries and rosy florals) and on the palate (deep black berries and strawberry, black tea). This got better and better, portends to a long life. Outstanding value and sophistication.
Feb 10th, 2018