Brick House Evelyn's Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA

磚房伊夫林黑皮諾干紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：4150

The 2017 Pinot Noir Evelyn's comes from about half Pommard and half Dijon clone fruit and was aged in about 40% new oak. Pale ruby-purple, it opens with some tarry/scorched earth aromas, unwinding slowly to red and black cherries and sweet red berry fruits with nuances of violets and amaro. The light to medium-bodied palate is firm, grainy and fresh with a long, flavorful finish. Give this another couple of years in bottle. 250 cases produced.

Medium ruby with a touch of purple to the color, the 2016 Pinot Noir Evelyn's is youthfully shy on the nose, opening up to aromas of smoked meats and cracked pepper over a core of black licorice, black cherries and berries with earthy, forest floor undertones. Medium-bodied with a gorgeous silky texture, it floods the mouth with warm red and black fruits accented by spice and earth. It's held together with firm tannins and juicy acidity to carry the long spicy finish. 80 cases produced.

Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Pinot Noir Evelyn's is a little youthfully mute, conjuring notions of red currants and pomegranate with hints of wild thyme, yeast extract, damp loam and mossy bark. Light to medium-bodied, the palate has a wonderfully fine-grained texture supporting elegant, delicate fruit, finishing with long-lasting savory and spice notes.

The 2014 Pinot Noir Evenlyn's is a best barrel selection that is made in honor of Doug Tunnel's mother. Matured in 40% new wood, it has quite a dense bouquet, almost sultry with cranberry, raspberry and noticeable estuarine scents - a little seaweed and mudflats. The palate is medium-bodied with supple ripe redcurrant and cranberry fruit, quite structured with very good salinity, leading to an oyster shell tinged finish. This is a delightful, beautifully crafted Pinot Noir surfeit with joie-de-vivre.

The 2012 Pinot Noir Evelyn's is 50 percent Dijon and 50 percent Pommard clone and represents a barrel selection. It was picked October 6-7 and includes 7.5 percent whole-cluster fruit. This vintage includes 50 percent new oak. It has a perfumed, sensual bouquet with tightly wound brambly red berry fruit laced with lavender and rose petal, the oak nicely assimilated. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, quite crisp and tensile in the mouth with touches of orange rind infusing the red berry fruit. Probably the most masculine of the 2012s but it will require a couple of year's in barrel.