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2013 Colene Clemens Vineyards Victoria Pinot Noir

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October 15, 2023 - $26

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RATINGS

91The Wine Advocate

...winsome, red cherry, pomegranate and balsamic-tinged bouquet that is very well defined and actually very Burgundian. The palate is well balanced with fine tannin, very smooth and lithe in the mouth, red cherry and strawberry laced with sea salt and balsamic on the tender finish. What a lovely Pinot Noir.

90Wine Spectator

...fresh and open-textured red, with a light layer of nubby tannins around the transparent red berry, cinnamon and coffee flavors, lingering well.

90Vinous / IWC

Potent, oak-spiced red and dark berry scents are complicated by suggestions of licorice and rhubarb. Sappy and focused on the palate, offering bitter cherry and redcurrant flavors... The cherry and spice notes repeat emphatically on the long, expanding finish, which features fine-grained tannins and a suave vanilla quality.

17Jancis Robinson

Very luscious and heady. Hedonistic. Macerated rose petals. Soft tannins but enough acidity. Really rather scrumptious.

REGION

United States, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains

Willamette Valley AVA was established in 1983, and it is the oldest appellation in Oregon. Oregon’s modern wine industry began in the Willamette Valley in the 1960s when artists, vagabond winemakers, and U.C. Davis oenology graduates looking for new territory started their own, small, off-the-grid wineries. The appellation is the state’s largest, and it extends 175 miles from Columbia River on the Washington/Oregon border to just south of Eugene, near central Oregon. The Willamette River runs through the area, helping to give the appellation a mild year-round climate. There are six smaller sub-appellations within this AVA, but altogether the Willamette Valley has the largest concentration of wineries in Oregon, as well as the majority of the state’s most famous producers. Pinot Noir is king here, followed by Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Riesling. To most admirers of Oregon Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley offers the most distinctive wine choices in the state.

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.