Tasting Notes for Argyle Brut 1996

Champagne & Sparkling	Vintage	Willamette Valley	Oregon

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Date Printed: 6/19/2013

Argyle Brut 1996

(search item no. 5350)
Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
PRICE ON 6/19/2013: $19.34

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2009 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2008 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2008 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2007 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2007 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2006 The Wine Advocate rating: 91 points
2005 The Wine Advocate rating: 92 points
2003 Wine Spectator rating: 89 points
2002 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2000 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
2000 Wine Enthusiast rating: 90 points
1999 Wine Spectator rating: 91 points
1998 Wine Spectator rating: 89 points
1997 Wine Spectator rating: 90 points
1997 Wine & Spirits rating: 90 points
1994 Wine Spectator rating: 89 points

Winemaker's Notes:

This wine exhibits a very deep, rich mousse. Initial aromas are of toasted baguette and cracked yeast, followed by fresh, ripe pears, honeysuckle blossoms and Spanish olives. The flavors are of pear and apple fruits, toasted yeast (from the barrel fermentation) and vanilla bean. It shows classic creamy, cool climate texture with a long, silky finish.

My Notes:

Additional wines from Argyle:

2007 Blanc de Blancs Knudsen Vineyard Julie Lee's Block (search item no. 118079)
2009 Brut (search item no. 121772)
2010 Nuthouse Pinot Noir (search item no. 120182)
2010 Reserve Pinot Noir (search item no. 118890)
2011 Pinot Noir (search item no. 119824)

About Argyle:

Twenty-five years ago, Argyle began making wine in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Since 1987, winemaker Rollin Soles and viticulturist Allen Holstein have teamed up to produce world-class method champenoise sparkling wines, barrel-fermented Chardonnay, and silky-textured Pinor Noir from low-yielding vines that are winery farmed on some of the best hillside slopes and elevations. Argyle wines have received a total of 11 Wine Spectator Top 100 designations - more than any other winery in Oregon. The Argyle wines represented on this list include sparkling wine, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, truly making Argyle one of the finest practitioners of the craft of elegant, long-lived winegrowing.