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Willamette Valley Vineyards 2008 South Block Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- Online Exclusive
- $45
Pretty and complex, this delivers a mélange of interesting flavors. Round, tart fruits—berries and sour plum— mingle with dried leaves, cut tobacco and mushroom. Somehow a citrus streak sneaks into the finish, giving the wine a lemony lift. Delicious already, it can be cellared for another 5–6 years.
— P.G.
(3/1/2011)
Willamette Valley Vineyards 2009 Elton Pinot Noir (Eola-Amity Hills)
- Cellar Selection
- $45
The best of the 2009 lineup from Willamette Valley Vineyards, this Eola-Amity Hills single-vineyard offering has the most complexity, in both nose and mouthfeel. Balanced fruits fill the palate, with spicy hints of earth, leaf and a wash of barrel-induced mocha.
— P.G.
(3/1/2012)
Willamette Valley Vineyards 2008 Hannah Vineyard Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- Online Exclusive
- $45
Hannah Vineyard is a select block at the highest point of Tualatin Estate. Distinctive with a streak of pine resin running through darker flavors of black raspberry, black cherry and clean earth, it finishes with a lick of black licorice.
— P.G.
(3/1/2011)
Willamette Valley Vineyards 1999 Joe Dobbes Signature Cuvée Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $60
This bottling is the winery’s top cuvée, a blend of the best lots of the other single vineyard Pinots. Tight and steely, its tart, cranberry fruit plays hard against a background of mineral, herb and light coffee. Clearly ageworthy, it has the complexity and structure to merit the score. Cellar Selection. —P.G.
— P.G.
(4/1/2002)
Willamette Valley Vineyards 1998 Freedom Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- $44
Character and flavor abound in this lovely, even wine. The cherry fruit core wears interesting and complex chalk, sage and mineral accents. The mouthfeel is nicely textured—smooth, with a subtle graininess. The long, refined finish shows very even tannic structure and good grip. They come deeper, but not much more polished than this.
— M.M.
(11/1/2001)
Willamette Valley Vineyards 2006 Signature Cuvée Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $45
The Signature Cuvée opens on a floral note, a pretty and beguiling blend of roses and orchids. The midpalate is substantial and textured, offering spicy plum, strawberry and raspberry preserves and firm acids. The fruit flavors persist even as the tannins and barrel notes kick in, offering cocoa, ground coffee and walnut. All in all, an elegant and complex effort…
— P.G.
(7/1/2008)
Willamette Valley Vineyards 2008 Estate Chardonnay (Willamette Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $30
A great success in 2008, this compelling Chardonnay offers concentrated, dense fruit flavors of lemon curd and sweet pineapple, along with streaks of vanilla cookie. Nuances reveal themselves through a lingering finish; fresh herb and hints of rock.
— P.G.
(3/1/2011)
Willamette Valley Vineyards 2007 Pinot Gris (Willamette Valley)
- Best Buy
- $15
A Pinot Gris that goes the extra mile, with good definition of flavors, notably lots of spice and citrus rind. Edgy, tart and racy, yet also full-bodied, it shows good persistence and a sense of layers, not just length.
— P.G.
(11/15/2008)
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Joe Dobbes Signature Cuvee
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