Ken Wright, Pinot Noir McCrone, Yamhill-Carlton

Clear, Medium, Garnet Clean, Medium Intensity Medium Body, Medium Acid, Medium Tannin, Medium+ Finish Dried Cherry, Allspice, Clove, Dates, Toasted Coconut

2016 vintage

Similar to previous note. Still fruit-dominated but promising more. 12.8% is somewhat surprising for this lack of development. Enjoy a fresh, fruity Pinot now of hold for a few years. Day two: Smokey, meaty, earthy while retaining acidity and a long finish. Hold this for five years.

2016 vintage

Smooth, raspberries, low tannins, beautiful ruby color,

2016 vintage

Still had slight acidic taste. Good color. Ripe plums. Good with Kung Pao Chicken.

2016 vintage

Tangy ?(acid); ripe plum; ripe raspberry; pepper finish. Chemical? vinegar?

2016 vintage

Nose of intense fresh red cherries, black currants, currant leaf, spice, leather and cedar. The palate absolutely bursts with fruit. Spice, pepper, leather, umami run seamlessly through a long finish with fine tannins and an acidic sheen. This will gain tertiary notes, but the full spectrum is on display now.

2016 vintage

Full of earth notes , mushroom, forest floor, mineral, cherry, raspberry, cola, boysenberry, and syrupy oak like honey. Drink now thru- 2027.

2016 vintage

Great pinot, deep Ruby, cherry, chocolate and forest nose, warm cassis taste and good finish, very flexible which will work with hearty fare and cheese

2016 vintage

Cherry, delicate, refined and complex. Certainly one of the most Burgundian US Pinot noirs I’ve had. Delicious.

2016 vintage

Consistent with previous bottle

2016 vintage

Medium ruby red in the glass. Offers aromatics of red berry fruit, cola, mushrooms and some charred wood. A bit of heat present on the nose as well. Medium-bodied, a bit thin in the middle. Soft tannins and medium acidity. Medium finish as well. Nothing really excites you about this wine, even at an entry level price point. There are better WVs out there for sure.

2016 vintage

First Ken Wright for me. This was good, but I wasn't particularly wowed by it in light of the supposed quality of this vintage. Don't get me wrong, it's a decent QPR especially for the sub-$20 price I paid; Drank it over 3 days, with day 2 being the most open. Though it was still hard to get much more than usual fruit forward style of Willamette. Maybe more time in the cellar for my remaining 2 bottles will do …

2016 vintage

One of my favorite everyday Pinots. Solid density to the red and blue fruit, with a hint of earth that adds complexity. Great acidity, pairs with many dishes. Crowd pleaser.

2016 vintage

Dark cranberry color. Always a plush mouthfeel. Red raspberry and pomegranate flavors. Cloves and spice with a long finish. I love Ken Wright wine! Just so consistent.

2016 vintage

Eye: light garnet color. Nose: slight barnyard upon first opening but breathed away, plums, floral. Palate: nice red fruit, crisp, well balanced, medium body surprising based on light color in the glass, medium finish.

2016 vintage

Dark fruit, a bit of spice, some well-balanced heat, and a velvety mouthfeel. Good value at this price point. Always a favorite of ours.

2016 vintage

Tasted at the winery. This is a blend from several pinot noir blocks in the Willamette Valley. Clear bright cherry colour. Good fruit on the nose and palate, cherries, canned strawberries, chocolate, coffee, savoury.

2016 vintage

Similar to bottle tasted 1 month ago. A lovely mature Ken Wright Pinot.

2005 vintage

Has aged very well. A lovely bottle of mature Pinot. Similar to other Ken Wright 2005s. Full body and and good long finish. Impressive.

2005 vintage

Nice Oregon Pinot Noir, but youthful and needs more time to start showing more dimensionality.

2016 vintage

This was an extraordinary wine. Paper filtered and decanted yielding a lovely garnet liquor and leaving behind some large chunky black debris and a fine sand of crystals at the bottom of the filter. The aromas of ripe red and blue fruit were enticing and the explosive flavors of raspberry, cherry, blueberries, and wonderfully smooth and sweet finish were intoxicating and led us down the path of over-consumption and exhaustion. Sadly, we were unable to finish the last glass each …

2006 vintage

Undrinkable

2006 vintage

Doesn't live up to the hype. Initially fairly muted nose, dusty red fruits. Gradually opened up a bit but never compelljng. Hot on the palate and dominated by over-ripe red fruit.

2006 vintage

Nice, earthy, lacking much fruit and structure though

2006 vintage

Very nice!

2006 vintage

I'm with the group of tasters that don't like this at all. Stewed, pruney fruit, coconut and vanilla notes. Incredibly boozy and sweet. This isn't Pinot at all to me. The Ken Wright see-saw continues, alternating between tasty and undrinkable.

2006 vintage

This wine is yummy. Ripe flavors of plum, black fruit, grape, cherry all lightly coated in vanilla with hints of spice interwoven throughout. Moderate finish.

2006 vintage

16th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retrospective (Same Old Place) : So 3 out of four Ken Wrights in this tasting came out ok with their "synth a corks", this one didn't. Not TCA but a bit pruney/ oxidized. Black fruit, plum, and some acidity. You'd drink it if you were stuck w/o back up. We were not stuck...

2002 vintage

After 20 minutes this wine was delicious and just got better over the next two hours. Sad this is my last 05 but 06 is just as good.

2005 vintage

Rich delicious and very fruit forward, making this wine a pleasure to consume.

2006 vintage

Beauitiful and smooth right now, bright red fruit flavors with no rough edges. A slight orange appearance in the glass. One of the best older KW's I've had. Drink up.

2002 vintage

Just a pleasure to drink. Loads of light ripe cherries with a smooth rich finish. Medium body and so easy to enjoy.

2006 vintage

I think this has improved over the last bottle I had. Nice balance all around. Hitting its stride.

2005 vintage

Wow, what a bit of age can do! Beautiful wine right now

2002 vintage

Cherry nose and cherry flavors, this is our last bottle of this very lovely wine. A lighter wine, but lots of flavor..

2006 vintage

Hard to rate this one, as it seems very atypical for a Pinot. Very dark garnet in color, but medium bodied on the palate. The flavor profile is more meaty and savory than the red berry and spice typical of most Pinots. Almost like a like a lighter bodied Syrah. I like it, but I'm not even sure I would have identified it as a Pinot and I usually find that grape very distinctive.

2006 vintage

Yummy.... Excellent wine with a great finish. Magnum was much better then the 750ml

2006 vintage

Enjoyed by all but no match for the Turley Zin that followed with the blackened tuna. Ken Wright remains one of a very select group of winemakers in williamette valley.

2005 vintage

Wow, was this a disappointment! A$65 bottle with a synthetic cork that is not nearly as good as a $20 Pinot I'm trying tonight. Lacking depth, and complexity/ I poured off half a bottle into a half bottle with a screw cap so I could try the second night and on night two it was worse, like red wine cool-aid (little acidity, tannin, or much of anything). I'm speechless, and that doesn't happen very often.

2006 vintage

Same as earlier note. This wine really was enjoyed by all.

2005 vintage

CT Texas Offline #2 Oskiwawa Raises The Bar; 11/5/2010-11/6/2010 (McKinney, TX) : Nose of ripe black cherry, spice, tea, vanilla, cranberry. On the palate, ripe cherry, spice, vanilla. Finishes with decent acidity. Feels overdone and a little clumsy, might improve with time.

2006 vintage

Wonderful nose of ripe cherries. Rich and delicious full bodied pinot. Not to mention the long delightful finish. An outstanding wine!

2005 vintage

From a magnum. No detailed notes but very impressive.

2005 vintage

Well done Pinot. Medium body with deep cherry flavors with some plum. Nice earthy character with a little anise underneath. A bit of a short finish, but all in all very enjoyable. Holding very well.

2005 vintage

Had two halfs, both off. Pruney, tomatoes, not looming forward to the othe EIGHT bottles. Total dissapointment. I'm a KW old school fan, but this is not good. Synthetic corks should leave this dependent on the wine making and some severe flaws on this bottle. I have tons of '06 KW, good grief.

2006 vintage

Light, bright red in color. Precise red berry and minerals on the nose. Fresh, red fruit flavors. Lighter-bodied but very flavorful. Very graceful and delicate. Savory, complex fruit flavors, great depth and concentration and a very long finish.

2006 vintage

2009 International Pinot Noir Celebration: Pasport to Pinot (McMinnville, Oregon) : Heavy stewed blackberries appear on the nose as well as a vegetable note. Maybe a little veggies were in the fruit stew? The wine delivers some enjoyable minerality right out of the gate and some nice tannins evolve during the course of the tasting. There's a bit of heat on it, but it doesn't hurt it much. Some nice blackberry flavors roll in nicely later on the palate.

2006 vintage

2009 International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC) Passport to Pinot (McMinnville, OR) : Quite a bit of alcohol coming through on the nose, which I'm not digging so much. There is also this heavy flint thing, which is nice. The alcohol dominates here, though. The mid-palate isn't too bad, with nice minerality and acid, but a bit pedestrian. The finish is actually quite nice and fruity. The alcohol is not in the way on the finish, but the nose is a …

2006 vintage

Willamette, Damn It!: Pinot Shoot-Out (Waterford Wine Co. Tasting Room) : Nice earth on the nose. Full cherries and baking spices. Stayed consistent for the second taste. Fairly full bodied and very smooth. Good earthiness. Really long finish of baked cherries. Also a nice tannic touch on the finish. Needs time, but very good now. Upon revisiting, the wine stayed consistent on the palate.

2006 vintage

Monotone cherry

2005 vintage

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