Winery - Arcane Cellars
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
It’s toasty and lush with the scents and flavors of roasted walnuts and butterscotch; not a bad thing by any means. Under the sweet oak are flavors of berry, tart and fresh as if just-picked. This is a thoroughly delightful bottle and a rare find at this price—a Pinot Noir that can be enjoyed immediately but should cellar well for up to a decade.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Done in an off-dry style, finished at 10.5% alcohol, this nicely styled Oregon Riesling brings a fruit salad mix of tangerine, orange peel and grapefruit flavors, with juicy natural acids and appealing freshness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This reserve Pinot Gris does not come from the estate vines that gave us the luscious regular bottling; here the AVA is Dundee Hills and the flavors are more austere, textural and mineral-laced. Bone dry and a full percentage point higher in alcohol, this wine has a steely spine, and its citrus fruit shows more of the skin and less of the sweet juice. It’s delightful to find two quite different offerings that are so well made from a new and value-oriented producer.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Arcane’s Cab is stylistically apart from either California or Washington. It defines its own space. There’s plenty of new oak, but the fruit, acid and tannins stand up to it. This is sharp and tangy; cranberry and raspberry, strawberry and citric acids all playing their part. Still young, give it some time in a decanter or in your cellar to come together and show its best.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Perky with bright acids, and showing some residual sweetness, this forward, fruity Pinot Blanc borders on soda pop flavors, but skirts the line. Be sure to chill it well, and if you like slightly sweet, grapefruity flavors, this will be fine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Nothing arcane here; this is a gem of a Pinot Gris. The fruit salad flavors run the gamut of citrus, from orange to grapefruit and on into fresh cut pear. Acids are sharp and give the wine clean, crisp definition, enhanced with a little spritz. The alcohol, just under 13%, makes this especially food friendly. It’s got Italian styling with the richer fruit flavors of the American west coast.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Stemmy scents mask any fruit; this is a leafy, almost vegetal Pinot Noir that does not offer much pleasure.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Light and fruity, with a fresh mix of melon and apple, this is a pleasant, simple, fruity, summer-weight white wine.
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