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1996 Drouhin, Domaine Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Laurene

Pinot Noir: 750ml

$53.99

about this wine:

Named after Véronique Drouhin's elder daughter, Laurène is our flagship wine, and is produced entirely from Pinot Noir grown on the family's estate in the Dundee Hills. All of the fruit is handpicked into small totes, destemmed, fermented with indigenous yeasts, and then placed into barrels (French oak, never more than 20% new).  Once the vintage is safely in the cellar, Véronique begins the process of selecting barrels which have an extra complexity, length and depth - barrels which will work together as Laurène.

In recent years, Laurène has been named one of the "Great Wines of America" by Paul Lukacs in his book of the same name and "perennially one of Oregon's best wines" by Portland Monthly Magazine (Sept. 2009).

See Ratings and Reviews

89 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 1998

The medium-to-dark ruby-colored 1996 Cuvee Laurene Pinot Noir offers toasty oak, spice, and floral aromas. This beautifully textured wine has excellent concentration, medium-to-full body, and well-defined yet dense flavors of cherries, blackberries, and blueberries. Typical of the vintage, its finish is rather firm and astringent, yet it appears to have the requisite fruit to outlast the tannins.


89 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, April 2000

Medium red. Floral, aromatic nose of raspberry, red cherry and strawberry. Silky-sweet and suave, with enticing, tangy flavors of red berry preserves and cherry. Firm but nicely integrated acids. Finishes with even tannins and very good length. This offers remarkable thickness for the vintage.


88 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2000

Gentle, refined style, offering a nice range of pretty plum, earth and toast aromas and flavors that linger on the silky frame. Coming together nicely in a decidedly Burgundian style. 2,000 cases made. -HS


89 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 1998

The medium-to-dark ruby-colored 1996 Cuvee Laurene Pinot Noir offers toasty oak, spice, and floral aromas. This beautifully textured wine has excellent concentration, medium-to-full body, and well-defined yet dense flavors of cherries, blackberries, and blueberries. Typical of the vintage, its finish is rather firm and astringent, yet it appears to have the requisite fruit to outlast the tannins.


89 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, April 2000

Medium red. Floral, aromatic nose of raspberry, red cherry and strawberry. Silky-sweet and suave, with enticing, tangy flavors of red berry preserves and cherry. Firm but nicely integrated acids. Finishes with even tannins and very good length. This offers remarkable thickness for the vintage.


88 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2000

Gentle, refined style, offering a nice range of pretty plum, earth and toast aromas and flavors that linger on the silky frame. Coming together nicely in a decidedly Burgundian style. 2,000 cases made. -HS


About Winery

The first seeds for what would become Domaine Drouhin Oregon were sown in 1961. Robert Drouhin, head of Burgundy's legendary Maison Joseph Drouhin, was visiting America's west coast promoting the Drouhin Burgundies. The California wine industry was just starting to receive its first recognition back then, but there was little if anything going on in Oregon. Robert's first visit to the Northwest and its earliest vineyards left him with the impression that it quite possibly would be Oregon, not California, that would ultimately prove to be the best place to grow the great grape of Burgundy - Pinot noir.

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