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2008 Willakenzie Estate Pinot Noir Pierre Leon

Pinot Noir: 750ml

$28.99

about this wine:

This wine is made with a selection of Dijon Clones, primarily 113, 114 and 115, using fruit from several diiferent locations on the Estate that are all part of the vineyard designated program. The result is a more masculine style of Pinot Noir, powerful and complex with firm structure, but smooth tannins. Descriptors typically include floral tones, cocoa, red cherries and spice. A good candidate for aging, it can also be enjoyed young with strongly flavored foods, red meats and game.

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points awarded:
ST 91 WA 90 WS 92

90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2011

The 2008 Pinot Noir Pierre Leon spent 12 months in 50% new French oak. It displays a more expressive bouquet of balsam wood, Asian spices, incense, black cherry, and black raspberry. In the glass it displays considerable structure with the requisite fruit for balance. Give it 2-3 years to fully blossom and drink it from 2013 to 2020. 90+ -JM


91 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, August 2011

Bright ruby-red. High-pitched, floral-accented aromas of cherry and red berry compote, with complicating spice and earth nuances. Spicy and precise on entry, offering sweet red fruit flavors that gain weight and smokiness in the mid-palate. Tannins arrive late and add structure to the spicy, clinging finish. Come back to this in a few years. -JR


92 points,

Wine Spectator, June 2011

Firm in texture, with juicy red berry and red cherry flavors cutting through the veil of tannins, picking up cinnamon and clove nuances as the finish lingers. Best from 2012 through 2018. 3,000 cases made. -HS


90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2011

The 2008 Pinot Noir Pierre Leon spent 12 months in 50% new French oak. It displays a more expressive bouquet of balsam wood, Asian spices, incense, black cherry, and black raspberry. In the glass it displays considerable structure with the requisite fruit for balance. Give it 2-3 years to fully blossom and drink it from 2013 to 2020. 90+ -JM


91 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, August 2011

Bright ruby-red. High-pitched, floral-accented aromas of cherry and red berry compote, with complicating spice and earth nuances. Spicy and precise on entry, offering sweet red fruit flavors that gain weight and smokiness in the mid-palate. Tannins arrive late and add structure to the spicy, clinging finish. Come back to this in a few years. -JR


92 points,

Wine Spectator, June 2011

Firm in texture, with juicy red berry and red cherry flavors cutting through the veil of tannins, picking up cinnamon and clove nuances as the finish lingers. Best from 2012 through 2018. 3,000 cases made. -HS


About Winery

WillaKenzie Estate is located in Oregon's Willamette Valley on rolling hillsides in the Chehalem Mountains. The winery was named after the WillaKenzie soil on which the vineyards are planted to convey the influence that the soil imparts on the wine's flavors and aromas. The vineyards are planted with grapes of the Pinot family, mostly new Dijon clones of Pinot Noir as well as Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc from Alsace. These cool climate grapes are particularly well adapted to the Northern Willamette Valley.

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