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Eola Hills 1998 La Creole Reserve Pinot Noir (Oregon)

Price $25

Someone explain this labeling: La Creole Vineyard is a blend of 96% Feltz Vineyard and 4% Madrona Vineyard? No matter the name, it smells good, boasting plenty of smoky and woodsy aromas. The flavors are immature, almost grapey still, with some unintegrated vanilla and toast from oak, and fine tannins on the finish. Needs some time; give it a couple of years’ rest… — J.C. (12/1/2000)

Eola Hills 2004 Reserve Pinot Noir (Oregon)

Price $24

The winery’s reserve Pinot is a substantial wine that clearly stands apart from its well-made budget bottle. (It should also be noted that, to the winery’s credit, their reserve costs about what most Oregon budget bottles go for). This is vertically structured with mixed red fruits and nicely detailed whiffs and streaks of bark, earth, pepper and iron filings. It… — P.G. (4/1/2007)

Eola Hills 2004 Pinot Gris (Oregon)

Best Buy

Price $10

This has a strong floral component, like body powder, but it is a substantial, meaty wine, with ripe pear and white peach flavors. Intense and focused in the midpalate, it gets a bit hot on the finish. — P.G. (2/1/2006)

Eola Hills 2000 Chardonnay (Oregon)

Best Buy

Price $10

Here is a big, forward, friendly fruit bomb, which hits you with bold, lemon/apple fruit flavors and a generous amount of toasty, buttery oak. There’s nothing complex here, but it’s all in scale, big-boned, user-friendly and altogether quite likeable. Best Buy. —P.G. — P.G. (4/1/2002)

Eola Hills 2005 La Creole Reserve Pinot Noir (Oregon)

Editors' Choice

Price $24

Eola Hills designates this one of their reserve Pinot Noirs, and it delivers a lot of flavor for the price, as do all of their wines. The entry is lovely, silky and seductive, spiced up with cinnamon and clove. It resonates through the mid-palate, never changing but not fading either, and there is none of the rough herbaceousness of most inexpensive Oregon Pinots… — P.G. (11/15/2007)

Eola Hills 2005 La Creole Reserve Chardonnay (Oregon)

Price $15

The reserve Chardonnay from Eola Hills gets an extra year in bottle, and it has a more elegant, vertical structure, with the fruit framed in toasty oak flavors and some tarragon spice. It’s persistent as well; the flavors seem to gather strength in the midpalate and continue through a strong and moderately complex finish. — P.G. (11/15/2007)

Eola Hills 2003 Reserve Chardonnay (Oregon)

Price $15

Here’s a real tropical fruit salad of a Chardonnay, ripe and lightly toasty and simply loaded with rich fruit flavor. The only off notes are some slightly bitter phenolics, but the big, juicy fruit more than compensates, especially as it drives through a long and powerful finish. — P.G. (4/1/2007)

Eola Hills 1999 Applegate Valley Syrah (Oregon)

Price $20

Plum skin, milk chocolate and black pepper aromas are satisfying in this Syrah. The tannins are big and there’s acidity to match, which prepares your palate for the next sip. —C.S. — C.S. (12/31/2002)

Prominent Designations [All]

Applegate Valley La Creole La Creole Reserve La Creole Vineyard LBV Port Style Oak Grove Old Vines Reserve Wolf Hill 667 Reserve Wolf Hill Vineyard Wolf Hill Vineyard Reserve

Most Reviewed Varietals [All]

Cabernet Sauvignon Chardonnay Merlot Pinot Grigio/Gris Pinot Noir Sauvignon Blanc Shiraz/Syrah Zinfandel

Most Reviewed Regions

Applegate Valley Columbia Valley (OR) Eola-Amity Hills Lodi

2009 Merry Edwards

Merry Edwards doesn’t just slap this regional blend together. This is a…

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