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Le Cadeau 2008 Serendipity Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
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Full and rich, this seductive wine, crafted by Tony Rynders, has a little extra in terms of fruit, impact and finishing power. Ripe strawberry, cola, sweet hay, nougat and a penetrating midpalate that is concentrated but not jammy. The finish seems to gather strength, and resonates beautifully for several minutes after you swallow.
— P.G.
(10/1/2010)
Le Cadeau 2008 Rocheux Pinot Noir (Oregon)
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- $47
The Rocheux bottling comes from a vineyard parcel with especially rocky soil, and there is a heightened minerality along with a racy, well-defined edge to the wine that the French call “nerveux.” It’s a thrill to taste if you race along with it and if you like a more acidic style, with tart raspberry fruit as your companion. The finish brings in leaf and vanilla…
— P.G.
(10/1/2010)
Le Cadeau 2006 Côte Est Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $47
The Côte Est Pinot Noir is more structured and less immediately accessible than the winery’s Rocheux bottling, but ultimately may prove to be the better bottle. It offers tightly woven, chewy fruit flavors of black cherry, black raspberry and plum, along with darker streaks of clove, leaf, smoke and earth. As always, the wine is structured with elegant precision.
— P.G.
(10/1/2008)
Le Cadeau 2009 Côte Est Pinot Noir (Chehalem Mountains)
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- $48
Dark and sappy, this superripe and deeply fruited wine is bursting with concentrated raspberry and cherry flavor. Streaks of citrus and vanilla are threaded through, and young as it is, the wine is already drinking beautifully.
— P.G.
(12/1/2011)
Le Cadeau 2007 Côte Est Pinot Noir (Oregon)
- $47
The Côte Est Pinot Noir is from a block on the cooler, east-facing side of the vineyard, and crafted by Steve Ryan. Tight, herbal, briary and nuanced with tobacco and earth, this has a solid core of fruit and remarkable persistence.
— P.G.
(12/15/2009)
Le Cadeau 2006 Rocheux Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $47
This wine is gorgeous from the moment the cork is pulled. Sweet fruit—berries, currants and jam—is perfectly matched to more subtle scents of sassafras and tobacco. Nicely woven together, this youthful wine coasts along on a magic carpet of seamless flavors, gently sliding into a lightly toasty finish with a lick of bacon fat. Though fairly soft, it seems like a…
— P.G.
(10/1/2008)
Le Cadeau 2008 Côte Est Pinot Noir (Oregon)
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- $47
Each Le Cadeau wine has a different consulting winemaker, and some are down in Ukiah, hence the Oregon AVA, although this is estate-grown, Willamette Valley fruit. This new Côte Est (eastern slope) is still tight, very young and a bit withdrawn. There are earthy flavors around the spicy purple fruits; it’s balanced and fine, and seems to have a more delicate…
— P.G.
(10/1/2010)
Le Cadeau 2006 Equinoxe Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $47
Le Cadeau’s Equinoxe Cuvée is the winery’s most limited offering, just 110 cases. Quite distinctive, it carries a high, piercing caraway note, but also offers rich, ripe, chunky cherry fruit and streaks of cola and caramel. It’s concentrated and chewy, a substantial wine with a soft, lengthy finish incorporating earth, leaf and pepper.
— P.G.
(12/15/2008)
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