93
points
Evening Land Vineyards 2007 Seven Springs Vineyard La Source Pinot Noir (Eola-Amity Hills)
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$67
Dominique Lafon consults on these wines, sourced from a vineyard now almost 30 years old. Evening Land is among the wineries who sense an opportunity to make refined, elegant wines from the terroir of this little-known region. Lovely aromas, complex scents and flavors, pine and herb, cranberry and raspberry, earth and seafoam—lots of nuances here.
— P.G.
(6/1/2010)
91
points
Evening Land Vineyards 2007 Seven Springs Vineyard Pinot Noir (Eola-Amity Hills)
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$45
Powerful vanilla scents rise from the glass, but the fruit, even in this difficult vintage, comes out immediately. It’s tart and sharp, with a strong herbal component, and the wine snaps into focus quickly with fruit, acid, tannin, herb and vanilla in equal proportion. Firm and tight, still quite young, this wine needs decanting and/or further bottle age to show…
— P.G.
(6/1/2010)