Adelsheim Elizabeth's Reserve Pinot Noir 2012
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This wine will pair beautifully with the Pinot noir classics - lamb, duck, grilled salmon, and aged cheeses.
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Ripe, juicy cherry and raspberry with lively acidity and racy fruit; silky, with elegant flavors and lovely depth.
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One of Oregon's most renowned wines, the Elizabeth's Reserve Pinot Noir continues to stay at the top of its game. Initially a single vineyard wine—from 1987 until 1999, the winery in 2000 returned it to a "best of winery" reserve. It had always been that, but had only been sourced from one site. The 2012 is simply magnificent. The wine shows the power and ripeness of the vintage, but stays balanced and refined—tart raspberries and ripe strawberries are its primary flavors. Just beginning to drink nicely. (Tasted: May 16, 2016, San Francisco, CA)
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Soft and seductive, this wine is seriously sexy with its palate-coating flavor-fest that runs from bright, crisp raspberry into ripe Bing cherry. Lemony acids underscore the lush fruit, and 10 months aging in one-third new barrels brings finishing highlights of caramel and toasted coconut.
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Established in 1971, Adelsheim is a family-owned and operated winery with estate vineyards located in Oregon's northern Willamette Valley. Over the past 41 years, the Adelsheim Vineyard estate has grown to include twelve exception vineyard sites throughout the Valley, totaling 237 acres. Company co-founder, David Adelsheim, has done work throughout the years to benefit both the Oregon and American wine industries: grape and wine research, wine labeling, industry education, and promotion. He is recognized for his "outstanding service" to the industry and has played a vital role in building the Oregon wine industry and establishing its reputation worldwide. Today, he leads a current generation of passionate staff devoted to leading the industry in crafting consistently transcendent wines.
Home of some of the planet’s most amazingly elegant and expressive Pinot noir, the Willamette Valley is a pastoral, mixed landscape of green, bucolic rolling hills, dramatic forestlands and small, independent, friendly wine growers. As a leader in environmental stewardship, the valley has some of the nation’s most protective land use policies, with two-thirds of its vineyards farmed sustainably and over half, organically. While the valley claims a cool, continental climate, and is heavily influenced by the cold, moist winds of the Pacific Ocean, its warm and dry summers allow for the steady, even ripening of Pinot noir.
The potential of Willamette Valley Pinot noir continues to attract the investment of serious growers and winemakers both locally and from abroad, as naturally the finished wines bring accolades from professionals and enthusiasts. With a range of styles from delicate dried cherry, raspberry and hibiscus to stronger notes of truffle, mocha, plum and spice, a fine Willamette Valley Pinot noir is a perfect expression of both character and grace.