August Cellars Pinot Noir Vintage: 2004 Purchased: Jul 21st 2007 Price: $18.00 Purchase Location: August Cellars - (http://www.augustcellars.com/augustcellars/index.jsp) Categories: Oregon - Pinot Noir - Red

Tasting Notes:

2004 was a difficult vintage in Oregon. Yields were small and a fall rain threatened the harvest. Now, what does that sound like? Sounds like Burgundy to me!

We tasted this wine at the tasting room when we visited and preferred it to most of their other fruit forward wines. It's a dark brown tinted red but still fairly translucent. It almost looks aged and oxidized, but the nose is still fairly strong. There is a hint of black cherry with a ton of wet, pine forest floor. On the palate, the acid is good and it light to medium bodied. The fruit is there (black cherry, red cherry, cassis) but you have to hunt for it as it mingles with the earthiness. The finish is soft and long with the earthiness giving way to a spice and flavors of cedar and sandalwood.


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