Mouton Noir, Oregogne Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley

Dark cherry aroma with light rusty red color. Rich dark cherry and earth flavors with some charcole on a pleasant finish.

2014 vintage

Really delicious pinot - loads of sour cherry with a slight touch of oak and a sense of minerality. Not overly complex but I give it points for balance and the delicious factor.

2014 vintage

Really amazing nose, drink very well too.

2012 vintage

Best OR pinot I've ever had. Great minerality on the mid and back palate. Varietally correct sour red cherry fruit. Quite nice.

2014 vintage

Tasted over multiple days with very little development. Beautiful dark ruby color. No turbidity but dark enough not to transmit light. Prominent nose with lots of dark and bright fruit. Pomegranate and black cherry. Strawberry and a touch of oak. The same palate in the mouth. Nice structure of soft tannins and balanced acid base. Long finish. Oak not as noticeable. Clearly new world Pinot but not overly bright or oaked.

2014 vintage

I don’t drink much Pinot noir, but it is a technically sound wine. Notes of sour cherry on the palate with a long finish. Acidity felt a little high.

2014 vintage

Dark red in color. Nose takes a long time to open up - shows crushed black fruits, dark florals, graphite and hint of wood perfume. Rich and ripe palate is redolent with spicy dark cherry cordial, violets, smoke, medium acidity, fine tannins, oak still present on the finish.

2012 vintage

2nd Pinot Noir of the night and this was showing well after some air. Upon opening it was very tight and not showing much. After 30 minutes but really came alive and just got better with more air. Bright red fruit and stiffer tannin than expected. Acidity came through and brought it to life.

2012 vintage

WIML90 Tasted non blind. Garnet to dark garnet color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of cocoa powder, tobacco, black cherries and black berries. Flavors of red raspberries, strawberries and rhubarb. Medium to bright acidity, medium to firm tannin, medium to full bodied. Drink or hold.

2014 vintage

Wonderful well balanced Pinot with cola, red cherries, mild vanilla and mild oak

2012 vintage

Cherry and floral aromas. Cherry and blackberry flavors with bright acidity and lengthy finish.

2014 vintage

Nice wine, especially at the Garagiste price. Decanted for an hour and continued to get better the longer it was open. Pleasant subtle floral aromas, with flavors of sour cherry and blackberry. Lots of bright acidity, perhaps a bit much for my liking. But overall, nice drinkable wine.

2014 vintage

Another beyond prime wine. Ugh...not drinkable. And have two more bottles.

2014 vintage

It’s a nice, simple Oregon Pinot. Easy to drink, but nothing remarkable. Enjoyable but nondescript.

2014 vintage

Solid but unspectacular. There are definitely more interesting Oregon pinots in this range.

2012 vintage

PnP, the tiniest hint of funk which I'm sure will blow off. Juicy red fruit and an avalanche of stones. A hint of herbs and spices round out a young(ish) wine with a lot to offer, should have the legs for a long cellar life.

2014 vintage

Similar notes to the last time, dry, austere, more French than typical but with some nice cherry and strawberry fruit and a fragrant nose. Reasonably long finish, overall pretty fine. Not sure about value.

2012 vintage

Light to medium bodied, on the riper side, but with nice acidity. Dark strawberry and cherry fruit, bright, nice pinot typicity. Nice tasty finish, maybe a little short, with some vegetal hints. Very likeable, decent QPR.

2012 vintage

A versatile food wine. Very un-Oregon-like -- slightly tart, crunchy, with excellent minerality -- would have mistaken it for a French Bourgogne (at large -- almost Gamay-like). 90+

2012 vintage

Fresh and bright on the palate. Red cherry and red licorice with a lovely finish.

2012 vintage

No notes but nothing overly exceptional. Rather, serviceable and earthy. A good food wine that's more Old World leaning.

2012 vintage

What is a typical Willamette Valley Pinot – well, there's a question with a long and hotly debated answer. Well, does this fit the outlines of it? Dunno. It's a little heavier/richer than what I was expecting, and while well made, didn't get me all that excited. Not bad, but not running back for more. From Garagiste at $29+

2012 vintage

Ditto my last review. An a typical Pinot Noir. Lush stewed fruit, hints of some peppery earth, relatively flat. It broke down fairly quickly after being uncorked.

2012 vintage

Burgundian in style, fresh red fruit up front with nice minerality on the finish

2012 vintage

Tight and closed nose. Beautiful medium purple color. Still too young but great structure, not thin, and an intense dark berry/spice. Young tannins present. This should age well and develop really nice complexity.

2012 vintage

Deep purple color, lush for Pinot. Initial nose of ripe and black fruit, berry and candy, somewhat Syrah like, perhaps some pepper. Palate was rich and very pure fruit. A bit lush but some stringent pepper and spice. Interesting Oregon Pinot.

2012 vintage

Pop and poured and nothing gave. Decanted and finished over a couple hours. muted and not impressed at this stage.

2012 vintage

Simple, grapey, short finish. Vastly overrated.

2012 vintage

What a great pinot. A balance of the new and old in style. Earth and dried cherry on the nose. Supple and well integrated on the palate with an impressively long finish. Missing some of the secondary undertones found in the great Burgundian wines, but, really, it's not supposed to be those and is in of itself, great!

2012 vintage

Tasted at Brooks Pinot Envy 2015. This had a nice nose with dark fruit and a little earth. Mid length finish.

2012 vintage

love the name, the aromas are fresh and floral, berry and forest nose, this achieves what it aimed for; an Oregon PN styled in a French bistro Bourgogne Rouge way, shows plums, dried cherries, mushrooms and minerals on the palate, this is delicious, balanced, and went great with mushroom gravy and herbed pork chops

2012 vintage

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