Youngberg Hill, Pinot Noir Natasha, Willamette Valley

Excellent beautifully matured Pinot noir. Cherry still there with mature wood and rock elements. Acidity pronounced and refreshing. American burgundy.

Loads of black fruit, very high acidity. Too high actually. This would have been really nice if the acidity were lower. It was off balance all together. It was good with a lot of fruit still present and had earthy aromas too. It still has live ahead.

Don't think the bottle was corked -- but it had virtually no taste. Tried the other bottle we had and it was hardly better. Disappointing!

Open for two hours. Quite dark, creamy color... luscious creamy looking wine. Aromas are spicy, with some pepper notes, charcoal, and darker complected fruits: blackberry and nearly plums. Smells very very ripe. Luscious palate entry. Moderate acidity, nice plump black raspberries and puckering notes. Strong and frothy. Creamy with a hint of artificial feeling acidity on the finish with more darkly complected fruit notes. Wow, with those flavors I decided to check and see ABV, and this wine dials in …

The last of what turned out to be a lovely case

Two years on from the last tasting, this wine continues to improve. Big, fruit forward, it was the crowd pleaser at a dinner with friends.

Gets better each time

Consistent, improves steadily for the first few hours

Much better than anticipated. I do doubt it will last more than 5y.

Pre-Birthday tasting (Willamette Valley) : Light years better than the 2007 on this day... This one is much fuller on the nose, with really nice, soft berry fruit, but not too much richness. The palate is big and bold red fruits, black licorice. The fruit is amazingly deep for how well balanced it is on the palate. The finish shows similar really nice fruit, deep and bold, with nice sweet tannins. A beautiful, graceful wine to age for some time. …