95
points
Adelsheim 2009 Nicholas Vineyard Pinot Noir (Chehalem Mountains)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
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$90
The best of a great flight of single-vineyard 2009 Pinots from Adelsheim, this new entry into the lineup is all muscle and black fruits. It is power-packed with dense, rich flavors, nuanced with exotic spices and black tea, moving into silky tannins and an extremely long, satisfying finish.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
95
points
Adelsheim 2007 Boulder Bluff Vineyard Pinot Noir (Chehalem Mountains)
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$58
This is the first vineyard-designation for the vineyard, and it’s easy to see why it was done. The wine has pinpoint focus, bright fruit, natural layering of spice, fruit and herb, with a punchy, briny spine that seems to gather force and go on forever. If a wine can ever be salty, this is the wine.
— P.G.
(12/15/2009)
94
points
Adelsheim 2008 Quarter Mile Lane Vineyard Pinot Noir (Chehalem Mountains)
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$90
Sadly, just 44 cases were produced, from Block 1 of the original estate vineyard. Rhubarb, cherry, cinnamon and suggestions of light tropical fruits are delicately entwined here. It would be easy to skip over the wine’s complexity; you must let it breathe open and it will reward you with fascinating, subtle layers that slowly unravel.
— P.G.
(12/15/2010)
93
points
Adelsheim 2009 Ribbon Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir (Ribbon Ridge)
- Cellar Selection
- Online Exclusive
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$68
The Ribbon Ridge AVA is tucked inside the larger Chehalem Mountains AVA, and lately has been the epicenter for many of the most powerful and focused Pinots in the entire Willamette Valley. Ripe and balanced, with spiced cherry and sour plum fruit, this tart, long, silky, full-bodied and supremely complex young wine should age for decades.
— P.G.
(12/1/2011)
93
points
Adelsheim 2008 Zenith Vineyard Pinot Noir (Eola-Amity Hills)
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$90
Though Adelsheim offers a large assortment of single-vineyard Pinots, this is the first they’ve made from Zenith. It surely won’t be the last. Concentrated, thick black raspberry and black cherry fruit centers a substantial wine, laced with vivid streaks of vanilla, tobacco and spice. The immediate impact of the fruit is amplified by the density on the palate, and…
— P.G.
(3/1/2011)
93
points
Adelsheim 2007 Stoller Vineyards Chardonnay (Dundee Hills)
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$58
In some bottles, in some vintages, Oregon Chardonnays do become quite Burgundian in style, in all the best ways. This very limited (36 case) offering is one such; it is steely, structured, a bit stiff even, but laced with impressive minerality, and the tightly etched fruit flavors reminiscent of Chablis.
— P.G.
(12/15/2009)