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2016 Toil Oregon Pinot Noir

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September 10, 2023 - $32

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RATINGS

92Wine Enthusiast

...scented with toast, sandalwood and cedar. Silky smooth in the mouth, it's a bowl of ripe blueberries, done in an elegant style. There's the slightest suggestion of menthol as well. It's beautifully crafted...

91Wine Spectator

Plump, fresh and elegantly layered, with vibrant raspberry, orange tea and toasted cinnamon flavors that glide toward refined tannins.

91Vinous / IWC

Displays heady, oak-spice-tinged red/blue fruit, floral pastille and cola aromas... Broad and fleshy on entry, offering appealingly sweet black raspberry and boysenberry flavors... Fine-grained tannins lend shape to a long, smoky finish that leaves sweet dark berry and candied violet notes behind.

REGION

United States, Oregon, Willamette Valley

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.