Rex Hill Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA

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The 2009 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard weighs in at 15.1% alcohol but given the wine’s impeccable balance, does it really matter? Dark ruby red in color, it offers up an alluring nose of smoke, exotic spices, lilacs, black cherry, and black raspberry that titillates the nose. This sets the stage for a velvety-textured, ripe, succulent wine that delivers exceptional depth and concentration for the vintage. Rex Hill deserves credit for allowing the terroir to speak rather than manipulating the wine in the cellar.(Price not yet determined)Rex Hill is striving to regain the glory days when Lynn Penner-Ash was making the wines. Production has been cut dramatically and everything that Rex Hill directly farms is biodynamic.www.rexhill.com

Though the listed alcohol tops 15%, this remains a fruity and rather simple wine, with dominating flavors of raspberry and cherry cola. As good as it is, this could use a bit more muscle. — (10/1/2012) —88

The Shea Vineyard, replanted during the 1990s due to phylloxera, is returning to its old form. Round and fresh fruit flavors, lightly toasty, and showing a dusting of powdered sugar, craft a fruity wine with a raspberry pastry character. Lovely for near-term enjoyment. ——P.G.(12/1/2011)—— 89