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Domaine Serene 2007 Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $58
A very elegant and refined Evenstad Reserve, with grace notes of sandalwood and a lovely cherry core. The fruit is immaculate, the concentration focused and lengthy, and the flavors are so artfully blended that the wine is seamless and perfectly balanced. Although it is drinking like a mature wine, there is every reason to cellar wines such as this—it can develop…
— P.G.
(6/1/2011)
Domaine Serene 2008 Mark Bradford Vineyard Pinot Noir (Dundee Hills)
- Editors' Choice
- $90
Domaine Serene has been dialing down the new oak (at least as far as its impact on the wines) and making more and more nuanced wines, that truly capture the terroir of their spectacular Dundee Hills vineyards. Here is a beautiful mix of supple fruits—cherries and berries, with appealing sweetness—along with delicate highlights of spice and herb. It’s finished with…
— P.G.
(10/1/2011)
Domaine Serene 2009 Côte Sud Vineyard Chardonnay (Dundee Hills)
- Editors' Choice
- $49
Immaculately clean and fresh, this enters the mouth with a pleasing lightness, displaying a mix of stone fruits and a streak of vanilla wafer running right through its core. It opens in the glass, adding muscle and depth, ultimately developing into a complex and persistent wine that simply refuses to quit.
— P.G.
(6/1/2012)
Domaine Serene 2008 Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $65
Dark, full, generous and ripe to the far edge of elegance, this powerful Pinot is saturated with black fruits, annotated with fennel, pepper, smoke and espresso, the rich and varied flavors rolling right through a lush midpalate and on into a gently fading finish. Retasted over 24–48 hours, it continued to evolve and develop additional nuances. A wine to cellar for…
— P.G.
(6/1/2012)
Domaine Serene 2003 Grace Vineyard Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $90
Oregon Pinot at the top of its game; firm and tannic, with a complex mix of berry-driven fruits and lively spices. There is plenty of midpalate concentration, power and length, as the fruit unwinds with blackberry, plum, anise and hints of herb. Dry, green-tea flavored tannins wrap it all into a tidy bundle.
— P.G.
(9/1/2006)
Domaine Serene 2008 Etoile Vineyard Dijon Clones Chardonnay (Dundee Hills)
- $45
Estate-grown, fermented in small, neutral oak and given extended lees stirring in the Burgundian style, this concentrated, textural, sensuous offering brings intensity on all fronts. The deep flavors of lemon, orange, apple and pear are wrapped in bright acids and lightly toasty tannins. Excellent concentration and length.
— P.G.
(10/1/2011)
Domaine Serene 2009 Yamhill Cuvée Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $45
Sometimes in a challenging vintage such as 2009, it is the least expensive, blended wines that benefit most, perhaps because grapes normally destined for the single-vineyard wines are redirected. Here, rich fruit flavors highlighted with streaks of caramel and toffee get things rolling quickly. Berries and cherries, firm acids, pretty spice and a lingering…
— P.G.
(6/1/2012)
Domaine Serene 2008 Winery Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir (Dundee Hills)
- Cellar Selection
- $75
A tight, spicy Pinot with a chocolate heart, this has a lot of aging potential. The fruit and tannins are tightly wound at the moment, with a lavish coating of milk chocolate from the barrel aging. Cellar it another 5–6 years and let it knit together.
— P.G.
(10/1/2011)
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