Lavinea, Nysa Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills

Drinking great now. Good with even just 20-30 minutes of air. There’s a lot going on from fruit to mineralsl

2017 vintage

Continuing its upward trajectory this has nicely rounded the rough edges while maintaining the characteristics of a well crafted Willamette wine. Drinking extremely well as a PnP and over 2 hours. Remains relatively “thin” as these wines go, but enjoyable nonetheless.

2017 vintage

a bit of funk on the nose initially but blew off after some time in the decanter. light in color but still plenty of fruit

2017 vintage

Medium ruby, opened right up, drinking very well right now. Nice wine.

2017 vintage

Similar to last note, but it has rounded out a bit more and come together. Pretty good now, for a “bad” year.

2017 vintage

Light red in color, almost rose in hue. Bright flavors but a bit thin, in line with the vintage. This lacks any “heft” or complexity, it’s not bad but just dull. Maybe wait a year and see if things change?

2017 vintage

Bright acidity, strawberry, cola, a touch of funk at first. Very smooth as well.

2017 vintage

Subtle, fruit slowly dissipated but it still drank ok, medium body, 13.6%abv, wife enjoyed, would not let it age much longer, drank with magret of NJ duck, good balance, no more but would try another vintage.

2017 vintage

WS & WE notes are directionally on point, nice cherry-raspberry with earthy minerality, mild herbs/spices and firm black tea, good texture and med finish went pretty well with seared tuna and green bean/bacon dishes. Perhaps some upside in 2 -3 yrs but in a pretty nice spot now.

2017 vintage

disappointing, lacked some spunk, good fruit, lacked acid, drank with loin lamb chops, have one more bottle so will see how it is.

2017 vintage

Nose is relatively closed initially and opens slowly but eventually becomes quite round and perfumed. On the palate, acids keep crunchy red fruit flavors fresh, but this definitely benefits from air and warming in the glass. Even so, seems smaller and less round on the palate than previous bottles. Definitely from Oregon. Consumed with Greek-style lamb loin chops. Will be curious to see if this is merely entering a dumb phase.

2017 vintage

Drank over Thanksgiving, tasty

2017 vintage

Odd nose with rubbery notes, rawhide, cherry fruit, and a bit of acetone. Broad, wide palate of dried cherries, bitter black tea, pencil eraser, and bitter coffee ground notes. Tannins are mild but have a tackiness on the tongue, adding clay, cranberry, and slightly unripe raspberry on the medium finish. Doesn't do it for us. I'd think it was a bad bottle but I didn't like much at the last tasting either.

2017 vintage

Well my wife did not like the 2015 DDO PN so I opened this bottle, more texture and body, good fruit, wood is beginning to emerge, drank with Chinese magret of duck, fried rice, veggies and dumplings, interesting comparison of wines. Will drink again.

2017 vintage

Eminently enjoyable and bright with plenty of rich and ripe red and black cherry. Otherwise not much else here, ok, slightly floral with a cherry cola note... which I find surprising for Dundee Pinot Noir, as well as frankly disappointing. This is still very young and not quite harmonious, so maybe I’m being harsh, but 87-88 points tonight.

2017 vintage

Needed some time to open up. Once it did it was very good. Silky texture, nice fruit with good acidity

2017 vintage

Soft style with light extraction, sweet red fruit, mildly funky earth, a hint of red spice. M acid, M/M- body, enough tannins for some grippy texture in the mouth. Very pleasant now, enough structure to age; I’ll save my other bottle five years or so and see if it gains some complexity. I got this for $30 on sale and the qpr is very good at that price. Maybe not the quality of a top vinyard but a step up …

2017 vintage

Fairly light in color. Nose of red fruits and light earth. Soft, plush red fruit layers with gentle tannins, mild spice, and earth. Well made but neither particularly flavorful or complex in this tasting.

2017 vintage

Good balance and finesse after it chills out a bit. Ordered six more while having the first of three. This delivered what I expect from OR/DH PN in terms of silky regal texture, a range of bright dark red fruit that's earthy not sweet, and pleasant spices. Needs a bit of time to calm down so it's not really a PnP. Its long finish was just excellent and features subtle tannic ending which makes this a great QPR at the …

2017 vintage

Nice stuff, balanced, subtle complexity but lots of flavors, smooth tannins, good til the last drop, great sipping, drank with rack of lamb, will drink again.

2017 vintage

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