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Torii Mor 2006 Olson Vineyard Old Vine Reserve Pinot Noir (Dundee Hills)

Cellar Selection

Price $100

Just 44 cases of this fragrant and elegant reserve were made from the estate vineyard’s oldest vines; at 35 years of age they have the grace and sensuous elegance that only time can bring. Give the wine a few moments to open and up come sweet minty notes, chocolaty oak and rather delicate flavors of raspberry and pomegranate, struck against metal, mineral and earth. — P.G. (10/1/2008)

Torii Mor 2006 Olson Vineyard Pinot Noir (Dundee Hills)

Cellar Selection

Price $65

The flavors are sappy and spicy and full, and the wine has a pleasing depth and richness. The fruits run through red and purple berries and lead into hints of chocolate and leaf. The winemaking is polished and confident, and yet Jacques Tardy has left just enough roughness in the flavors to give the wine personality and character. May be cellared for up to a decade. — P.G. (10/1/2008)

Torii Mor 2005 Olson Vineyard Pinot Noir (Dundee Hills)

Cellar Selection

Price $65

The vines were planted in 1972, making this one of the oldest vineyards in Oregon. Just a half ton an acre is brought in, 110 cases total. It’s a pleasure to taste Oregon Pinot from vines this old; they have a certain grace and sensuous elegance that the young vines can’t muster. Beautiful aromas are complex with mixed fruits, hints of mushroom and dried leaves… — P.G. (11/15/2007)

Torii Mor 1999 Balcombe Vineyard Pinot Noir (Yamhill County)

Price $50

Earthy plum and black cherry aromas are softened by gentle toast and vanilla notes from aging in French oak. Silky and full in the mouth, this wine possesses fine structure that relies more on crisp acidity than firm tannins. In fact, the tannins are almost delicate, yet the wine still gives an impression of quiet power. Should develop some wonderful secondary… — J.C. (11/1/2001)

Torii Mor 2009 Nysa Vineyard Pinot Noir (Dundee Hills)

Price $55

Soft upon entry, this is a lush and plummy wine, with a rich mix of purple and somewhat grapy fruit flavors. What elevates it are the threads of darker fruits and highlights that enrich the tannins. A lingering finish with licks of dark chocolate is the icing on the cake. — P.G. (6/1/2012)

Torii Mor 1999 Seven Springs Pinot Noir (Polk County)

Price $50

Cherry, smoke, spice, cola aromas, very complex and clean, lead to a real bite of tart acidity on the palate. This sting should mellow out with some months of age, allowing the pretty fruit and dry, polished tannins to show through. — S.H. (8/1/2002)

Torii Mor 2006 Olalla Vineyard Pinot Noir (Umpqua Valley)

Price $60

This tastes like fruit from a cooler, perhaps higher altitude site. It’s got a bracing minerality that runs through the fruit and gives the wine a solid backbone. Rhubarb and cranberry fruit is tightly laced against that rocky core, with plenty of natural acid propping up the finish. Little oak flavor is evident right now, though 38% of the barrels were new. This… — P.G. (10/1/2008)

Torii Mor 2005 La Cuillère Member’s Reserve Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Price $55

A blend of seven different vineyards, the name is French for spoon. This is a softer, less tannic wine than most of the other Torii Mor 2005s, but is not quite what you would call silky. Mixed red fruits, light scents suggesting flower as well as berry, and a feminine elegance characterize this Pinot. It’s been carefully crafted to emphasize the subtle herbs and… — P.G. (11/15/2007)

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