Citation, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley

Bottle is drinking really well. Moderate red brick colour. Bouquet of tar and earth, somewhat like a damp forest. Flavours of dark chocolate, licorice, mushroom. Texture is velvety and smooth. Excellent!

This wine is starting to come into maturity. deep red color. slight separation on the edge, alludes to great concentration. Delightful, light nose of fresh red fruit and some balsam. very fresh on the palate. depth to this wine, and starts to open up after as we drink it over 2 hours (no decant). very enjoyable. excellent bottle and i'm happy based on the $54 i paid for it 2 years ago. complexity is there: some red raspberry, but not …

This vintage 2002 Pinot seems to have lost its fruit, but did not develop more complex non-fruit flavors. We were hoping for better given the nature of the vintage.