Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A soft and silky pinot with beautiful dried strawberries, blueberries and hints of vanilla to close. Medium to full body, ultra-fine tannins and a fruity finish. This is all about subtlety and freshness. Drink now.
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Wine Enthusiast
There is a darker fruit spectrum evident in the reserve, with notes of coffee, smoke, black fruits, a touch of charred wood all worked through, and without damping the core fruit flavors. Those bright flavors spotlight raspberry, plum and black cherry. A light cola flavor pokes through, with ripe tannins and proportionate acids. The barrel treatment is beautifully applied, adding sweet spice to the finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: I am often skeptical when wineries produce a "reserve bottling." The resultant wines often show more extraction and depth, yet lack finesse and style. Fortunately, in the case of the Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve, the wine exhibits power and style. TASTING NOTES: The 2014 Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir offers beautiful aromas and flavors of ripe red fruit, some earthy notes, and bright minerality in its aromas and flavors. Pair the wine's richness with lightly spiced grilled lamb chops. (Tasted: March 1, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Elegant and delicately expressive, with floral cherry and stony mineral aromas and sleekly complex raspberry, tea and spice flavors that build depth toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2023.
Home of some of the planet’s most amazingly elegant and expressive Pinot noir, the Willamette Valley is a pastoral, mixed landscape of green, bucolic rolling hills, dramatic forestlands and small, independent, friendly wine growers. As a leader in environmental stewardship, the valley has some of the nation’s most protective land use policies, with two-thirds of its vineyards farmed sustainably and over half, organically. While the valley claims a cool, continental climate, and is heavily influenced by the cold, moist winds of the Pacific Ocean, its warm and dry summers allow for the steady, even ripening of Pinot noir.
The potential of Willamette Valley Pinot noir continues to attract the investment of serious growers and winemakers both locally and from abroad, as naturally the finished wines bring accolades from professionals and enthusiasts. With a range of styles from delicate dried cherry, raspberry and hibiscus to stronger notes of truffle, mocha, plum and spice, a fine Willamette Valley Pinot noir is a perfect expression of both character and grace.