DATE CONSUMED
Sunday, November 10, 2013
VINTAGE
2009
WINERY/PRODUCER
Siduri
WINE NAME
N/A
TYPE OF WINE
Red
COMPOSITION
100% Pinot Noir
SUBNAME/NICKNAME
N/A
VINEYARD DESIGNATION
N/A
REGION/APPELLATION/A.V.A. (American Viticultural Area)
Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon
ALCOHOL CONTENT
14.1%
PRICE PAID
$20
WHERE/WHEN BOUGHT AND/OR HOW PROCURED
We visited Siduri’s winery/tasting room in October 2011
during one of our sojourns through the Russian River Valley. If I remember correctly, this wine was on
sale, so we bought a couple of bottles as well as a bottle of their Novy Syrah
(another one of Siduri’s labels).
BOUQUET
This wine has a classic Pinot Noir bouquet, exhibiting
plenty of earth (and forest floor), red fruits, savory herbs, with
suggestions/hints of oak as well.
Hopefully the wine will taste as good as it smells.
TASTING NOTES
We had never visited Siduri before but I had read several
glowing reviews of some of their wines and wanted to give them a try. Their winery and tasting room is in an
industrial park in the Russian River Valley and their entire operation/business
model reminds me of Loring Wine Company, another maker of fantastic Pinot Noirs
that purchase their grapes from some of the best vineyards/viticulturists in
California and Oregon.
This Pinot is beautifully well-balanced, with smooth, silky
tannins, red fruits like Bing cherries and raspberries, along with TONS of
earth and savory herbs like star anise, rosemary, and both white and black
pepper. The wine is fairly light-bodied
but packs quite a punch and possesses an abundance of depth-of-flavors and
complexity, ending with a smooth, refined, lingering finish. It has the perfect amount of red fruit,
spices, tannins, oak, and acidity. In
the background is a sublime undercurrent of forest floor and sage brush, along
with whispers and rumors of strawberry and raspberry jam.
This is a fantastic Burgundian-like Pinot Noir. It has a fantastic spicy, herbal, earthy
bouquet and has depth-of-flavor and complexity that most $75+ Pinots would
envy. At $20 a bottle, I am PISSED-OFF
that we didn’t buy one or two cases of this gorgeous Pinot. At $20/bottle, this wine is/was the buy of
the year. Nobody with an ounce of wine
experience who would have blind-tasted this wine would have guessed that it
cost only $20 a bottle. I think most
winos would guess that this wine cost at least $50 a bottle.
PAIRING SUGGESTIONS
We paired this beauty with a spiced pork loin stew. It went quite well with the stew, but if we
had another bottle (or case) of this wine, I would suggest pairing it with lamb
shanks/chops/racks, duck confit, roasted chicken, salmon, a pork roast or
chops, prime rib, or even a simply grilled steak. Thanks to the wine’s complexity and depth-of-flavors, this wine would
just about be a perfect match with any/every/all proteins, with the exception
of light white fish dishes. Want a
great Pinot to go with that beef, lamb, pork, or chicken dish? Start with this wine!
AGING POTENTIAL
This wine is drinking gorgeously right now and has the
“legs” and structure to age beautifully for another ten years or so.
SCORE (on a 100-point scale)
92
Q.P.R. (QUALITY-TO-PRICE RATIO) (POOR, FAIR, GOOD,
EXCELLENT)
GOOD - EXCELLENT
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