Riverbench Vineyard & Winery Pinot Noir

Riverbench Vineyard & Winery

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Pinot Noir
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Taster #4159 · Sep 19, 2016
92/100
Probably my favorite LR pinot vintage.
2006 vintage
Taster #9594 · Jun 28, 2013
83/100
Not very complex or interesting
2006 vintage
Taster #4159 · Apr 11, 2012
90/100
Very nice. Fruit is rich - this is not a light and elegant style - without being blowzy and overdone. Well balanced and very enjoyable. Good QPR.
2006 vintage
Taster #3292 · Jul 29, 2011
85/100
Garnet leaning to brick red. Oh yeah! Firecracker and Cali yeast on the nose. Smooth mouth with bing cherries and a bit of red raspberry. We need to vertical this with the 2007 soon!
2006 vintage
Taster #6862 · Feb 27, 2011
82/100
Good flavor. Fruity notes
2006 vintage
Taster #5126 · Jan 20, 2011
87/100
Not as good as I remember it. When tasted in Carlton, I thought this was the smoothest, earthiest one we had that day. But this bottle was a little sweet, and lacked the earth. It certainly was balanced, lacking any of the raw acidity of a cheap pinot, but the slightly sweet cherry Jolly Rancher never yielded to more subtle earth notes, even after decanting for 30, 60, and 90 minutes. A shame, I thought this was better. Drink up …
2006 vintage
Taster #3292 · Jan 12, 2011
88/100
Good stuff. Too tired to make detailed observations.
2006 vintage
Taster #4159 · Sep 23, 2010
90/100
Rich and full flavored, without being hot or overblown. A very nice bottle. I expect that a few more years in the bottle will bring out some subtleties.
2006 vintage
Taster #3292 · Jul 15, 2010
88/100
Excellent bottle! Well balanced. Good fruit on nose and mouth. Just a tad overpowered by earthiness. Too bad EVERY bottle isn't this good!
2006 vintage
Taster #0698 · Jun 7, 2010
Can't go wrong here. Restrained and balanced.
2006 vintage
Taster #3292 · Jun 5, 2010
87/100
Nice light ruby red color. Earthy nose with cherry. Acidic mouth feel. Nice cherry and raspberry flavors. Better after breathing an hour.
2006 vintage
Taster #3292 · Apr 8, 2010
88/100
Yummy. Earthy, and I swear I detect aromas of marijuana. Subtle fruit. Nice mouth feel.
2006 vintage
Taster #3292 · Apr 2, 2010
88/100
We finally got a good bottle of this 2006!! And it is GOOD! Well better than the $15 woot price, but when taking into account two out of three bad ones so far I'll hesitate to recommend before working through the rest.
2006 vintage
Taster #3292 · Mar 29, 2010
Corked.
2006 vintage
Taster #3292 · Mar 26, 2010
Love me that SB County Pinot Noir! Alas, this one is harsher than others, almost austere. Not earthy and not much fruit either. Weird. It's all oak and alcohol. Meh. [edit - ah ha! another corked bottle]
2006 vintage
Taster #7016 · Nov 1, 2009
90/100
Soft, round and nice red fruit. Could last a couple years but is drinking good right now.
2006 vintage
Taster #2880 · Feb 8, 2009
90/100
Enjoyed wine with roasted red pepper Hummus on Triskets
2006 vintage
Taster #4717 · Oct 27, 2008
89/100
Oregon Trip Day 1 (Wilamette Valley) : Bright red/pink color. Nice round red and black cherry nose with just a hintof brown sugar. Nice sweeter black and red cherry on the palate. Open and easy to drink now.
2006 vintage