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2016 Antica Terra Obelin Pinot Noir

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January 29, 2023 - $270

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RATINGS

97James Suckling

...very stoic and intense character with a deep and very contained feel to the palate. The fruit is intense and has density and defiantly powerful fruit... There’s an intensely spicy nose with an extensively flavorful palate that is all dark cherries to plums, laced-in amid silky tannins that lurk in the shadows of the palate.

95Vinous / IWC

Hugely perfumed, spice-tinged black raspberry and cherry aromas...concentrated dark berry preserve and spicecake flavors; suggestions of rose pastille and mocha...delivering superb finishing cut, well-knit tannins and emphatic, blue-fruit-driven persistence.

REGION

United States, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola-Amity Hills

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.