Pinot Noir Orchard Block
2017
Sokol Blosser is one of the pioneering estates of the Oregon state wine industry. In 1971 when Bill Blosser and Susan Sokol Blosser began converting an old prune orchard into a vineyard they became one of five bonded wineries in the region. In the ensuing decades Oregon’s wine industry has grown (today there are over 500 wineries), changed and blossomed with Sokol Blosser at the forefront. Leading by example in their quest to produce exceptional wines while also promoting social and...
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Wow! Such stunningly pure, freshly sliced cherries abound, together with a gently spicy edge and attractive fresh-herbal notes, too. It is all here. The palate has such depth and completeness and delivers such impressively fresh, deep and pure flavors of red to dark cherries. Silky and delicious pinot.
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Limpid ruby-red. An expansive, spice-tinged bouquet evokes fresh red and blue fruits, vanilla and cola, and a sexy floral nuance builds as the wine opens up. Sweet and seamless in texture, showing very good depth and fine definition to the raspberry, boysenberry, cherry cola and rose pastille flavours. A hint of earthiness emerges on a very long, penetrating finish shaped by smooth tannins. 25% new oak.
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