The REX HILL Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is a classic example of Oregon Pinot Noir from a vintage that gave us intense fruit and intense flavors. Initial perfumed aromatics redolent of violets and roses, black currants, blueberries, black raspberries and wild strawberries are joined by suggestions of tobacco leaf, clean earth, dried fruit, smoke and spice as the wine opens. Some whole-cluster fermentation contributes dark fruit, tea and savory aromatic characteristics. The attack is rich with beautifully ripe tannins and flavors of red fruits and the blue fruits which are a hallmark of the vintage. The lithe mid-palate finds additional complexity with a strong, lingering finish that includes minerality, graphite and spices.
A pinot wine tends to be of light to medium body with an aroma reminiscent of black cherry, raspberry or currant. It is lighter in style and is part of the trend toward less alcoholic wines at or around 12% alcohol by volume. According to Robert Parker of Parker’s Wine Buying Guide: “When it’s great, Pinot noir produces the most complex, hedonistic, and remarkably thrilling red wine in the world…”
Pinot wines are among the most popular in the world. The release of the movie “Sideways” in 2004 may have been a factor in Pinot noir’s increased popularity in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
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