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2012 Brick House Cuvee du Tonnelier Pinot Noir

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June 1, 2025 - $66

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RATINGS

95The Wine Advocate

...generous, floral bouquet with quite precocious scents of redcurrant and cranberry fruit, rose petals and a puff of chalk dust. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin. The acidity is very well judged with touches of marmalade infusing the pure red fruit with fig developing toward the refined finish. Gorgeous.

94Wine Enthusiast

...bursts open with black cherry and cassis fruit, a strong streak of cola, and notes of moist earth, chocolate and espresso. A firm through-line carries it into a dense finish...

92Wine Spectator

Dark and sleek, with licorice and floral overtones to the black cherry and spice flavors, coming together against refined tannins on the finish.

90Burghound.com

An elegant and ultra-pure nose reflects notes that are the essence of red pinot fruit along with lovely spice and floral nuances...equally good sense of refinement to the delicious and beautifully well-delineated middle weight flavors that exhibit good energy on the lingering and ever-so-mildly austere and dusty finale where a minor touch of warmth appears. This is very pretty.

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.

VINTAGE

2012 Brick House Cuvee du Tonnelier Pinot Noir