Colene Clemens Vineyards Estate Dopp Creek Pinot Noir 2021
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The 2021 Pinot Noir Estate Dopp Creek opens with a dark, dusty bouquet blending cedar shavings and brown spice with blood orange and sour cherries. Softly textured and round, it opens with a pretty inner sweetness complementing rose-tinged red fruits. It finishes fresh with a raspberry and licorice tinge as a bump of residual acidity adds a lasting, lively character. (Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2024)
The 2021 Pinot Noir Estate Dopp Creek opens with a dark, dusty bouquet blending cedar shavings and brown spice with blood orange and sour cherries. Softly textured and round, it opens with a pretty inner sweetness complementing rose-tinged red fruits. It finishes fresh with a raspberry and licorice tinge as a bump of residual acidity adds a lasting, lively character. (Eric Guido, Vinous, January 2024)
9.1
Lyn Farmer
This is a terrific Pinot noir and value priced as well. It has a beautiful silky texture, Form acidity, soft tannins and loads of red cherry, raspberry, strawberry and cranberry red fruit with lovely violet, crushed rose petal, forest floor, and a notable amount of Clive, vanilla and cinnamon. It isn’t at all over-oaked, just a beautiful balance of fruit and spice. Beautiful now, it should also sage gracefully for another five or six years, but it will be hard to wait!
This is a terrific Pinot noir and value priced as well. It has a beautiful silky texture, Form acidity, soft tannins and loads of red cherry, raspberry, strawberry and cranberry red fruit with lovely violet, crushed rose petal, forest floor, and a notable amount of Clive, vanilla and cinnamon. It isn’t at all over-oaked, just a beautiful balance of fruit and spice. Beautiful now, it should also sage gracefully for another five or six years, but it will be hard to wait!
9.3
Matt Waring
Sour cherry; woodsy; spice mix of cloves and cinnamon. Well integrated and restrained. This is great stuff and a great value at the price.
Sour cherry; woodsy; spice mix of cloves and cinnamon. Well integrated and restrained. This is great stuff and a great value at the price.
9.2Wulf Losee
Damn, that’s good! i’ve rated this wine before – this exact vintage – and I gave it lower ratings. I don’t know if this wine is just improving with age or my taste buds are changing, but this is among the top Pinots I’ve ever had. I’m giving it a 9.6 this time around. This is the best that Willamette has to offer. And it’s better than 99% of the other Pinots I’ve tasted. If you like tight pucker-arsed Pinots this is NOT for you. Absolutely luscious!
Damn, that’s good! i’ve rated this wine before – this exact vintage – and I gave it lower ratings. I don’t know if this wine is just improving with age or my taste buds are changing, but this is among the top Pinots I’ve ever had. I’m giving it a 9.6 this time around. This is the best that Willamette has to offer. And it’s better than 99% of the other Pinots I’ve tasted. If you like tight pucker-arsed Pinots this is NOT for you. Absolutely luscious!
9.6
