Cameron, Clos Electrique Rouge, Willamette Valley

Pop and pour. Largely secondary/tertiary now. On the nose: muddled red fruit, soft cocoa powder, mushroom stock, and perfumey. On the palate: amazing acidity, velvety red fruit, mint/cocoa powder, attenuated tannin on the very long finish. Absolutely gorgeous.

2011 vintage

Practically the exact same notes as Aravind Asok. Really good.

2011 vintage

hosted longtime wine friends N red raspberry, cranberry, mushrooms, forest floor P black cherry, red raspbery, mushrooms, spice F above average in length, nice mouthfeel, and acidity Overall another fantastic CE even in what some call a "bad" vintage. Pretty wine 50+5+7+13+18 4

2007 vintage

Epic Blind Tasting with Great Buds (Virginia) : Spicy cherries, raspberries, lots of rose hips, tar, some herbal tea, anise, black pepper. The palate is refined with dusty tannins and fresh acidity. Juicy red and black cherry fruit mixes well with earth, musk, leather, pepper, anise, spiced cranberry relish. I wasn't sure on this one at all, but through out a 1995 Columbia Valley Syrah as an uncertain blind-tasting guess. Awesome to see that even from a tough vintage, Clos …

2007 vintage

Incredible nice and complex for the first hour, then softened and mellowed. That first hour was lovely Clos with mushroom, Cameron funk, light diesel notes, with depth over 45 seconds in your mouth and longevity on the pallete. Still has some life.. Will plan to drink my remaining 2 bottles in the next 2-3 years.

2011 vintage

Earth notes lead on the nose, underbrush and tiled soil, with red fruits and wet clay. Dark cherry, pomegranate and rhubarb - fresh with spring flowers, orange rind and brick dust. Soft with bottle age but it retains acidity and is in perfect balance. Superb bottle, happy to be able to enjoy another in the coming few years.

2011 vintage

Saturday at the Shack (Willamette Wine Storage, Portland OR) : The nose is wide open and ever so giving. There is a real seamless quality to the deep tones of forrest floor, earth notes, raspberries, herbs, dark red cherries, Clove spices, licorice, cranberries, and violets. This is a nose that is in full flight and showing off a touch of pinot funk along with melded, dark red fruits. The Medium/full bodied feel is refined and elegant with tart, medium+ acidity …

2010 vintage

Tasted very youthful still with all the typical Cameron flavors. Rich silky cherry, freshly tilled soils, fresh-cut mushrooms. Was a wonder wine

2007 vintage

One of the best wines I've had this year. Nothing over the top, just supremely elegant and balanced. Lovely mix of fruit, game and spice on the palate. Amazing balance and length. Words can't do this btl justice.

2011 vintage

Violets, wet leaves, bing cherries, silky tannin. This is at a beautiful place to drink now

2011 vintage

I agree with Douglee’s note below combined with Aravind’s note about the mushroomy reductive aroma. This was terrific and much better than the six other 2011 OPN’s I have had lately. Lots of life left on these.

2011 vintage

minty nose and flat, fruitless taste on the palate. Recorked and put in refrigerator overnight to see what happens but I suspect a faulty bottle. Two nights later, no better. Off bottle.

2011 vintage

D1: VA, brett, light red fruits. VA gives the fruit a juicy lift on the palate but it falls off a bit on the finish. D2: High-toned, red currants. Flavorful and juicy mid-palate but VA intrudes and finish comes up a bit short. D4. Darker fruit, tobacco, loam, VA. D6. Holding up better than I anticipated. Tart, juicy, drinkable with sex appeal but for me the combination of VA and brett makes it a flawed wine.

2010 vintage

Translucent ruby hue. Soaring nose of red berry, rhubarb, full-blown violets, briar, earthy tones. Dancing layers of red and black raspberry, strawberry, iron granules, and iodine on the palate. Sharp acidity and smoothed tannin leading to a long finish of mouth-watering berry cut with ferric notes, light earth, and just the right amount of funk. Intense but so light on its feet. Delightful.

2011 vintage

in a great spot now

2007 vintage

beautiful nose and approach but very abrupt finish which took away from it's enjoyment.

2011 vintage

complex with a satiny texture. evolved nicely over 3 days.

2007 vintage

This needs a bit of time to wake up after opening, at first it was all tart red berries on the nose, but after a few hours the it had turned darker - smokey with notes of caramelized raspberry and strawberry, potpourri, orange and black tea. There's a bounty of red fruit to start - cranberry, raspberry, black currant - and a lovely damp earth quality to the palate, a perfect match to a wet, Oregon winter. This wine, and …

2010 vintage

Still very good. But when I think of this Cameron Clos Electrique, I always think of a very specific funk that this does not have. It's very clean, blue fruited, and delicious, and I'm confused by it.

2007 vintage

This is drinking great tonight, could still go another 3-5 years I'd say easy. Glad I've got one bottle left!

2007 vintage

90 min decant. Big wine for a relatively light vintage. Open and nice ripeness after decant. Initially had nice forest-spice Gevrey character. Drank very nicely over another 90 minutes.

2011 vintage

Wow, wow, wow. Pop and pour, but should have decanted. Loads of mushroomy reduction to start, but slowly blew off to reveal intense underlying character. For context drank next to a 2001 Tardy Clos Vougeot Grand Maupertuis (the vines were later returned to Meo-Camuzet and now make up their Clos Vougeot), which also showed very well. However, this was quite simply next level good. On the nose, strawberry and cranberry fireworks, complicated by some mushroomy funk. On the palate, juicy …

2011 vintage

Served blind. Spiced, complex nose with a strong sense of stem inclusion. Drinks mature and stemmy. I had a lot of trouble coaxing any fruit expression out of this. It drank more like a 20 year old wine than seven. I put it from France. Guessed maybe a Burgundy from a producer that uses heavy stem inclusion but really hard to pin down. More interesting than pleasurable. I normally enjoy wines like this but it was difficult to appreciate with …

2011 vintage

Blind Wines In The OC (The Winery Restaurant in Newport Beach, CA (The OC)) : Poured blind. I was convinced based on the lighter color and particularly the aromatics that this wine was 15-20 years old. While we disagreed at the table between us as to whether it was brett or some other aromatic distinctive quality, for me I found a bit of barnyard/funk that gave it an essence, character. I don't like brett nor want it in my wines …

2011 vintage

N strong nose of red fruits, floral, loam, soy, funk P red fruit, cranberries, forest loam, tea, funk F long in length, great acidity

2010 vintage

Cameron Wine Dinner with John Paul (Estadio - DC) : A beautiful wine, still with lots of life ahead. Takes a bit to open up to show smoky tobacco, beef, roses, raspberries, pomegranate. Crisp on the palate, tannins provide plenty of structure, still a youthful core of crunchy red fruit, with some mushroom, earth, iodine and pepper coming out. I'd love to revisit in another three or four years.

2010 vintage

Very good Burgundian wine.

2010 vintage

This was great; drinking very well

2007 vintage

Adios, Ripple! (Ripple - Washington, DC) : Still quite young, but another stunning performance from Cameron's Clos Electrique. Aromas of rich earth, tar, tobacco, herbs and grilled meats. On the palate, this shows surprisingly strong tannins but lots of bright acidity. Tangy red fruits laced with lots of herbs, spices, tobacco, grilled meat. Gorgeous stuff, but if I had one in the cellar I'd hold off for another few years.

2010 vintage

Great bottle of wine. So light (in a good way). Some funk initially but it's not a detractor for me. Drink or hold.

2011 vintage

This was epic, bursting with cool sour cherry, pomegranate, tomato vine, and tilled chalky soil. Superbly balanced, with real depth, body, and fresh acidity throughout. Long, persistent finish.

2011 vintage

Great fruit, but points off for excessive funk. I like a bit but this is over the top...

2007 vintage

Nice, but I'm liking the '12 a little better today. The fruit is a little lighter here, and the acidity is more pronounced.

2011 vintage

As backwardly earthy a Cameron that I have encountered. Noticeable bricking. Dusty, sous-bois, and biodynamic-like bouquet. Inviting on the palate. The wine features tremendous acid and substance and pairs well with a range of foods. Subtle, complex, and unmistakably of the earth. 93-94.

2010 vintage

When 1st sniffed I thought this was a Pegau cdp all day long. Only they notes of baking soda, funky barnyard and feral notes took me to Cameron. More sous bois on the palate with high toned red fruits. This wine was still very young at 6 yrs old and a pleasure to drink, thanks Motz!

2010 vintage

Double decanted. Got to this after it had been open for about 45 minutes. A touch closed at first, but came together well. Showed much more savory than before, and seems to have picked up weight (though, this might just be based on expectations about what 2011s taste like since it's not like I've had a lot of 2011 OPN lately). Great cameron nose: showing a touch of that mushroomy funk to start, this opened into loads of sour cherry …

2011 vintage

Had at a Cameron tasting, notes from day 2. N strong nose of florals, red plums, loam, soy, herbs P pomegranite, plums, cranberries, forest loam, tea, earth F long in length and really nice mouthfeel and acidity is the best of the bunch Overall this may end up being my favorite vintage ever for JPs wines.

2010 vintage

Crazy Cameron Tasting : Gorgeous aromas, a bit deeper but the fruit is pure and tart (red cherry, pomegranate, tart plums), and I get notes of mossy rocks, loamy soil, tobacco and herbs. Bright acidity purifies this wine, but there are some fine but firm tannins that provide plenty of structure, and the effect is a bold but silky presence on the palate. Crisp, cool red cherries, pomegranate, some tart raspberry, the fruit is so pretty but it's topped with …

2010 vintage

Deep red, clear. Lots of funk to start that started to ease off over an hour. Anise, citrus, raspberry, tar on the nose. Medium acidity and tannins. Good fruit on the palate, fresh and light, BBQ meat, black tea, blackberries. Very long finish. Delicious.

2011 vintage

Small taste at a get together. Really enjoyed, but didn't seem to be quite as good as past showings, could have been due to lack of air, more of a PNP taste.

2011 vintage

Small Gathering w/ Indian Food : Love this wine's freshness and vibrancy. Dusty tannins, bright acidity, crunchy currants and plums, the fruit is pure and ethereal, laced with flavors of earth, pepper, bay leaf, roasted lamb, hints of sea brine. Long, graceful.

2011 vintage

Funk and Brett overpower the fruit, it may be getting late for this wine. Interesting flavor complexity, but reflective of the '07 vintage in that it is delicate and somewhat light bodied, but that can't stand up to the funky flavors and nose. May have waited a little too long to open.

2007 vintage

It's been about 3 years since I last checked in on this wine. I have to say it's lovely. This is light bodied, high acidity, with a floral lift on the nose that sings of high-tones red fruits and roses and fresh tilled earth or forest floor. The palate is all cranberries, pomegranate, wild strawberries, and other high acid or tart red fruits. I think it would be best to check back in on this wine again in 2020. I …

2010 vintage

This bottle was a touch better/more open than the one I had in August. Really great.

2011 vintage

A huge nose of gun powder, butane, and earth on the nose. After 3 hours, the acidic dark fruit really comes out. One of the most Burgundian of the Oregon Pinots.

2011 vintage

Really good; still seems pretty young.

2010 vintage

Took to a Halloween party. Showed really nice. Tart red fruit, cherry, raspberry, great acidity and tannin giving a nice mouth feel.

2011 vintage

Elegant, fresh, timid willamette (dundee) earthiness and funk, mostly dark berries. Not overly complex at this stage,despite long decant, but balanced and really well made and food friendly.

2010 vintage

Clean, lots of fruit, straightforward rather than complex.

2007 vintage

Gave this a couple of hours in a wide-bottom decanter, and didn't really get to it until about 4 or 5 hours after it was open. It's been slightly more than year since I had a bottle of this...Beautifully complex, and elegant with lots of poise. Wonderful nose of sour cherries, cranberries, cinnamon, spice, plums, some more savory notes as well, like mace... On the palate medium acidity; more cranberries and sour cherries, but had only the slightest shadow of …

2011 vintage

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