Apolloni, Estate Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley
Apolloni · Oregon › Willamette Valley › United States of America
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
90
/100
Reviews
13
professional
Vintages
No vintages
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Community Reviews
1515
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89.5
Avg Score
93
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Taster #7081
· Jul 6, 2025
87/100
Average O-noir that was a little on the thin blueberry side of things although it remained more or less balanced. If named to honor his wife, why didn't he call it the "Laurine Cuvee"?
2017 vintage
Taster #8214
· Aug 12, 2024
Light-styled Pinot Noir with light acidity and bright strawberry-cranberry fruit. Simple but refreshing--would go well with a variety of different foods and cuisines. Good bargain as a $14 mystery wine from Garagiste.
2017 vintage
Taster #4541
· Jun 16, 2024
90/100
From memory: Red fruit, crunchy berries. Perhaps just not my favorite style of pinot noir.
2017 vintage
Taster #1551
· Nov 27, 2023
91/100
Tasted after 90 minutes of air. Medium garnet color. Spicy strawberry fruit. Light floral on the nose. Tang. Nice balance.
2017 vintage
Taster #7081
· Sep 25, 2023
88/100
An O-noir for California (C-noir) lovers. Ripe, full bodied, not quite cherry candy cola but drifting in that direction. Could use a little more acids to tighten it up.
2017 vintage
Taster #3410
· Jun 18, 2023
89/100
Good rich color and full fruit notes
2017 vintage
Taster #4541
· Dec 23, 2022
89/100
Cherry, berry, crunchy red fruit. Good daily drinker
2017 vintage
Taster #7222
· Oct 4, 2022
Awesome for erev Yom Kippur
2017 vintage
Taster #4025
· Sep 30, 2022
89/100
Was passable, but enjoyed a previous bottle more. Cheers!
2017 vintage
Taster #4025
· Jul 2, 2022
90/100
Good on day one. Much better on day 2. Cheers!
2017 vintage
Taster #1551
· Mar 5, 2022
92/100
Tasted after 90 minutes of air. Light ruby with some browning at the edge. Some floral hibiscus notes on the nose. Crunchy cranberry fruit. Excellent balance. Zippy acidity. Nice lift on the mid palate. Medium plus finish. An excellent QPR as I picked this up for < $20 from Garagiste. This held its own and even exceeded a couple of other pinots that cost 3 to 4x as much.
2017 vintage
Taster #2779
· Jan 23, 2022
89/100
Another nice showing for this - easy going but nice typicity - similar notes to last one.
2017 vintage
Taster #2318
· Jan 1, 2022
89/100
Smooth and soft with beautiful and suttle fruit notes and a hot aftertaste.
2017 vintage
Taster #2779
· Dec 2, 2021
88/100
Lighter in style, pretty mellow with light cherry and strawberry fruit. Pretty soft with light tannins and acidity - nice light good value OR pinot at a decent price.
2017 vintage
Taster #1551
· Nov 7, 2021
93/100
Tasted after 90 minutes of air. Some crunchy red berry fruit. Strong hit of acid. Nice tension here between fruit and acid. Both are battling it out to the end.... Nice smooth long finish....
2017 vintage