Had these older Calif Pinots at our Pig+Fig tasting:
1. KenWrightCllrs PinotNoir McCroneVnydVnyd WillimatteVlly/OR (12%) 2000: Med.dark color; rather earthy/PN/dusty little PN fruit bit rustic /coarse nose; some rich PN/OR PN bit rustic/coarse flavor w/ bit bitey tannins; speaks strongly of earthy OR Pinot but not a lot of complexity or perfume; but still holding strong. $58.00 (vSN)
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2. Calera PinotNoir JensenVnyd 1984: Fairly dark color w/ little bricking; some smokey/Burgundian light earthy/black cherry/PN fairly complex quite attractive nose; classic Calera/Burgundian/PN lightly toasty complex flavor w/ light bitey tannins; showing a bit of age but still in lovely condition for 40+ yrs. $22.95 (BSvSG)
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3. Dehlinger PinotNoir GoldRidgeVnyd (14.5%) 2000: Med.dark color w/ slight bricking; classic smokey/Fr.oak/Dehlinger black cherry/PN fairly complex slight Burgundian; lightly tart strong smokey/Dehlinger fairly strong black cherry/PN rather complex flavor w/ light round tannins; speaks strongly of Dehlinger Pinot but showing little signs of its age; a lovely fully mature Dehlinger Pinot. $48.00 (BSvSG)
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4. Siduri PinotNoir Hawk'sViewVnyd WillamettaVlly/OR (13.0%) 2005: Med.dark color w/ some bricking; very perfumed/aromatic quite pencilly/smokey/Burgundian some Siduri/oak rather complex lovely fully mature nose; slight earthy/OR/PN character; strong pencilly/RB/black cherry/PN light OR/earthy/PN quite complex aromatic flavor w/ light gentle tannins; pretty much fully mature but no signs of tired or drying out; speaks some of Siduri PN w/ strong OR PN character; quite a lovely mature Siduri Pinot. (vTH)
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5, Portlandia PinotNoir OR; V&B SantaRosa (13%) 2021: Med.color; pleasant cherry/PN/ bit earthy/OR PN light toasty/oak rather simple not particularly distinctive nose; bit soft light earthy/OR PN light toasty/pencilly/ oak pleasant flavor w/ light tannins; a pleasant enough commodity-level PN but nothing particularly distinctive; a bit on the simple/boring side. $25.00 (Sara)
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More piovert from the BloodyPulpit:
1. Of these older Pinots, are thought the Siduri was the shining star of the bunch because of its strong aromatics. And showed a fair amount of youth, no signs of going round the bend. But the Dehlinger & the Calera were both in fine shape for their age, just losing a bit of their classic intensity. Both will just fade away quietly into thye sunset w/o a whimper.
AdamLee did not make a whole lot of OR Pinots. Young, they didn't have the wonderful aromatics of his Calif Pinots & seemed much simpler. So I was a bir surprised how wonderfully this had evolved.
Tom