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Spindrift 2006 Pinot Gris (Willamette Valley)
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- $14
Loaded with flavors of fresh Bartlett pears, this excellent Pinot Gris has both flavor and texture to spare. It’s a fine expression of the Oregon style; clean and fruit-driven, forward and juicy, with a broad midpalate and crisp natural acids.
— P.G.
(4/1/2008)
Spindrift 2005 Reserve Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $38
Spindrift’s reserve bottling does not seem substantially different from its regular 2005 Pinot, except that it extends its flavors through a much longer and smoother finish. Bright red fruit flavors mix raspberry and blueberry with milk chocolate. An impression of spun sugar wraps up the finish.
— P.G.
(4/1/2008)
Spindrift 2009 Lewisburg Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $40
Young and forward, with a core of pretty sour cherry fruit, wrapped in a shell of earth and tannin. Not yet knit together, but proportionate, with good components.
— P.G.
(10/1/2011)
Spindrift 2006 Woodhall Vineyard Chardonnay (Willamette Valley)
- $18
This elegant blend of stainless- and barrel-aged lots captures the fresh fruit flavors of red apples, kiwi and lime, letting just a hint of barrel toast creep into the finish. It’s leesy and bracing, finished at 14.8% alcohol but tasting much lighter.
— P.G.
(4/1/2008)
Spindrift 2005 Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $24
This zippy, fruit-forward wine opens with bright raspberry and pungent spice aromas, adding in milk chocolate streaks through a supple, medium-weight middle. The finish gets a little tight, with some plastic flavors creeping in.
— P.G.
(4/1/2008)
Spindrift 2010 Pinot Blanc (Willamette Valley)
- $15
The low alcohol suggests either grapes that were barely ripe, or some significant residual sugar. Flavors dont seem too green, certainly not vegetal, more to the citrus and fresh herb side of the spectrum. If there is r.s. it is masked by the acidity, and so you have a mellow, round, citrusy, mouth-pleasing all-purpose white wine.
— P.G.
(10/1/2011)
Spindrift 2010 Pinot Gris (Willamette Valley)
- $15
Fresh and clean, with very tart and herbal flavors, and lighter suggestions of pear and lime fruit. The zippy acidity defines the wine; it’s clean and bracing.
— P.G.
(10/1/2011)
Spindrift 2009 Croft Vineyards Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $26
Modest but firm fruit flavors mix cranberry, salmonberry and even a bit of rhubarb, with very light tannins and a finish more herbal than fruity.
— P.G.
(10/1/2011)
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