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This Pinot Noir from the northern Willamette Valley in Oregon exhibits ripe and powerful aromas of black cherry, crushed violet, wild plum, dried cranberry, earth, cigar box and toast. The intense palate offers black raspberry, cherry, boysenberry, cola, anise, allspice, clove and vanilla, with firm tannins, balanced acidity and a long finish. "Here is one of the state's top wines from a searing season. Alluring aromas of vanilla, cinnamon, raspberries and shavings of bittersweet chocolate yield to flavors of more rich berries and red currants. The superb balance crafted by Tony Rynders - in just the third vintage from this Eola Hills site - shows with well-managed oak and whispering tannins as a creamy midpalate finishes with more bittersweet chocolate." Wine Press Northwest, Summer 2007
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