March 2024
Reviewed by James Suckling & Tasting Panel
This has a dusty and earthy character with red and dark berries and hints of cocoa, cedar, and walnuts. Medium- to full-bodied, structured and deep, with polished tannins. Lingering finish.
Editors’ Choice
February/March 2021
Reviewed by Paul Gregutt, Contributing Editor
This is again a winner, delivering both flavor and value. It’s toasty and approachable immediately, with a smooth palate mixing tart cherries, caramel and butterscotch. It was aged for just under a year in French oak.
Buying Guide
September 30, 2019
Reviewed by Tim Fish
Graceful and elegantly layered, with expressive raspberry, orange peel and toasted vanilla flavors that take on richness toward refined tannins.
July 1, 2019
Reviewed by Paul Gregutt, Contributing Editor
This is a well-crafted, almost humble wine; it doesn’t shout, but it sings. Lush red fruits come with a wash of cocoa and a dusting of coffee. Instantly enjoyable, it spent just under a year in barrel, 9% new.
Buying Guide
September, 2017
Reviewed by Tim Fish
Polished and persistent, offering expressive red and dark berry notes that show orange zest, stony mineral and spice accents, with refined tannins. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 728 cases made.
Buying Guide 2018
April 1, 2018
Reviewed by Paul Gregutt
Here is a tasty chewy full-flavored effort, loaded with black-cherry fruit. There are notes of cola and brown sugar, along with a finishing hint of coffee. It was aged for 11 months in just 7% new French oak.
Pinotfile: VOL 11, ISSUE 5
Sips of Recently Tasted Willamette Valley Wines
June 25, 2017
by William “Rusty” Gaffney
A blend of barrels not used in the flagship or whole cluster bottlings. Aged 11 months in French oak barrels, 7% new. · Moderate garnet color in the glass. Aromas of black cherry, Asian 5-spice and smoky timber. Rich and fully flavored, with a satisfying core of cherry fruit and welcome t n’a balance. A smoky, barnyard character is noted upon pouring the wine, but this tends to largely resolve over time in the glass. This rustic barnyard note is typical of Pinot Noir from this vineyard. A very good value.
Oregon wines
2014 iOTA Cellars Not One iOTA Pinot Noir
February 9, 2017
by Michael Chelus
The wine showed a light ruby color. Cherry, cranberry, rhubarb, raspberry, loamy earth and whiffs of baking spice were each discernible on the nose. Cherry, cranberry, rhubarb, loamy earth, raspberry, oak and hints of vanilla followed on the palate where the vanilla emerged as the wine opened up. The wine exhibited great structure and length, along with soft tannins. This wine would do well alongside a hearty dish of Coq Au Vin.