Patricia Green, Reserve Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley

Reliable, tasty, new world style but not overwhelmingly so.

2018 vintage

PnP. drank over a few hours. More giving than last bottle. Pronounced aromatics. med+ body. translucent. great acidity. red fruit (even more coming out in hour 2), earthiness, spice, taste like some portion of cluster?? wife liked as well. Would buy again.

2018 vintage

Acidic harsh finish just never harmonized even with air. Agree with Vitroman - needs more time in the cellar.

2018 vintage

Really like this wine. Fairly full bodied Pinot.

2018 vintage

Very big and brooding, needs more time in the cellar to round out.

2018 vintage

Drinking nicely. A great value at the price.

2018 vintage

Medium garnet. Med aromas of bing cherry, stewed red plum, dried strawberry, dry flower, cinnamon, pencil lead, forest floor, and a bit of black tea and tobacco. Med(+) body, dry, high acidity, high alcohol, silky, med tannins, med(+) finish. This is an entry level PN but it’s beautifully aged and still balanced. No alcohol sticking out despite the high abv. A lot of so-called minerality and earthiness along with ripe & dried fruits. Fruits are still there but I think …

2015 vintage

A well-crafted pinot noir would show even better with more air than I could give it. This is well structured and could be aged up to 10 more years, in my opinion.

2018 vintage

Last bottle. Still excellent. Red fruit, cherry, raspberry, cranberry, herbs and forest floor. A little more earth than a couple of years ago. Delicious with our Atlantic salmon sashimi and grilled, Atlantic salmon.

2015 vintage

My penultimate bottle, certainly this once again delivers above its price point, a wine which could certainly go the distance, 10 years without breaking a sweat. I doubt my last bottle will last that long. Notes of bright red cherries, red florals, dried cranberries, fresh herbs, black tea, vanilla and forest floor. The palate is bright yet seductive with crunchy red fruit and sweet spices, the mid-palate is layered leading to a medium slightly spicy finish.

2018 vintage

PnP. Had with grilled thicken thighs and black rice. aromaitic balck fruit. On the acidic, astringent side. Was enjoyable during/after dinner. Would not probably buy again as we like the roserock eola more around this same pricepoint.

2018 vintage

Delicious, flavorful (cherry fruit), acidic. Some guides say to hold longer, which probably would improve it, but it was good now.

2018 vintage

Thin, left something to be desired

2020 vintage

Very similar to previous note, this is drinking really well right now. Bright red berryfruit, slight liquorice notes, cola, crushed stones, structure, lively acidity and a long finish. Compared to the Cristom a few weeks ago this is a step up.

2018 vintage

I agree with 1arm on this one - it's a good "everyday" Pinot Noir: good fruit, judicious oaking, well integrated alcohol. An honest, tasty Pinot Noir for $20 is hard to find, but here it is. Still, I'm not sold on the rave reviews - while there's plenty to like here, I find little to fall in love with. It is neither florally pretty nor impressively structured, just a very good all-rounder. Happy to have had it, but wouldn't seek …

2018 vintage

good "everyday" Pinot

2018 vintage

This wine pours bright and young with a clear purple color. This is a youthful wine that could stand a few more years in the cellar. Notes of red fruit including raspberry, strawberry, and red cherry on the nose with a similar palate. This is a dry wine with high acidity and a short finish. Overall, too young to drink. Try again in a few years for some improvement.

2020 vintage

Just very nice and easy to drink. Great on both day 1 and day 2. Light tannins. Savory.

2018 vintage

Very. nice. Age seems to have improved. Great cheap and cheerful!!

2018 vintage

Nice

2018 vintage

too young? did nothing of any great notice

2018 vintage

showed a bit better than previous bottles

2018 vintage

Dark cherry, raspberry, cola. Good spice, a little stemmy right now. Gained more body after a couple hours. Enjoyable now, drink with decant or hold.

2018 vintage

Red fruits and herbs on the nose. Cherries, light herbs, fresh and fruity, medium body and balanced. Not complex but nice value OR Pinot.

2018 vintage

89+ just something missing I can't pinpoint

2018 vintage

good even PN

2018 vintage

Thoroughly enjoyed this, medium body, fruit forward, light enough to drink on its own but paired really well with steak and green bean almondine.

2018 vintage

Totally green, stemmy and bitter

2018 vintage

90+ Very nice PN, red fruit based. Good nice/balance. Likely to get better.

2018 vintage

Had this off a restaurant list with friends and so couldn't pay as much attention as I'd like. But very nice. Ripe cherries and cranberries, herbs, baking spices, some earth coming together in a pretty and elegant package. Riper than I was expecting but may be a reflection of the vintage. This is a small nitpick as it was very enjoyable from the first pour.

2015 vintage

No notes. Had some greenness to it at this stage. Might improve.

2015 vintage

Another great bottle. Bright and fresh red fruit flavors, including cherry, raspberry and cranberry, plus some earth and some baking spices. We had this with grilled Atlantic salmon, salmon salad (with Old Bay Seasoning), Opah sashimi, grilled Opah, and wild and long grain rice: all are a much better pairing than our other week when we had the wine with lamb! Drink now or hold.

2015 vintage

I thought this drank great. Lovely red fruit - cherries and a little cranberry -- earth, some spice (thyme, baking spices) and very good acidity on the finish. It was a great pairing with our wild and long-grained rice (and would have been terrific with salmon, I think). Good value for ~$25. Drink now or hold.

2015 vintage

Been a while since I have sampled this wine. Very fresh Pinot with cranberry, spice, forest floor and cedar. Medium plus finish and quite balanced. Drink now or enjoy over the next few years. Day 1 90 points Finishing the bottle on day 3 and I am glad I waited as I always do on newer vintage wines. Very smooth wine overall with similar character but more depth. Up front some spice and cedar but the finish reveals more fruit …

2015 vintage

Medium body. Medium fruit. Some earthiness and some spice — enough to keep it interesting but not overwhelm.

2015 vintage

Medium+ weight, attractive easy drinking with enough varietal character to keep you thinking beyond the current mouthful Nice stuff, on the weightier end of Oregon PN

2015 vintage

I liked this one more than Jodi did.

2015 vintage

Sometimes the sum is greater than the parts. This Pinot is a blend from several (actually eight) different Willamette Valley vineyards. It is an amalgamation of barrels that don't live up to Patricia Green's vision of the specific vineyard's terrroir. As such, these barrels are thrown into the winemaker's version of jambalaya, and sold to the public as the lowly plebeian. That said, to my palate, this wine is much better than many of Patricia Green's single-vineyard designated wines. Medium …

2015 vintage

rough around the edges, lacks depth, too acidic

2015 vintage

** Just lovely! Deeper and darker than the Berserker's Cuvees (see my TNs on them). Intriguing PN flavor, very good length and balance. Another superior Pinot Noir from PGC!

2015 vintage

Red fruit and earth to the nose. True to form, edgy expression of aroma. Palate gives that too. Has a little butteriness on the palate. Fresh minty whisper to the palate too, spice and substantial acid. Almost some spearmint to the palate.

2015 vintage

Full bodied. Pairs well with steak.

2015 vintage

Red fruit, some spice, and earthiness. Some heat that dissipates with time in the glass. Good value at this price point.

2015 vintage

Forward, light, with nice energy and lift. Seemed a little simple for the producer, which may be a result of the hot vintage. 88-89.

2015 vintage

Medium nose shows cranberry, tea leaf, red cherry, herbal thyme note, another cherry layer. Palate is a little more fruit driven, nice cherry layers, cranberry becomes secondary, pomegranate, juicy acidity shows well, finish is tasty. Nice Oregon style walking the line between CA and Burgundy.

2015 vintage

nice garnet hue; "Classic" woodland meadow earth tones and peppery dark fruit nose; Ohmigosh! What a pleasant rush of red & black fruit! Red raspberries, black cherry, blackberry and others. Almost a sweet overtone too. The 2015 is even better than the 2014.

2015 vintage

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