Winery - Phillips Hill
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The winery follow up a string of very good Pinots from this vineyard with another solid hit. The wine is dry, silky, medium-bodied and delicious, offering an array of raspberry jam, cherry pie, cola and vanilla-oak flavors. The acidity is pronounced and just fine. Good now, and should develop interesting nuances over the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From a winery that’s piling up an impressive record with Mendocino Pinot Noir comes this crisp, silky wine. It’s light in color and deceptively light in body, in the way of some great Burgundies that age effortlessly, even when you think they won’t. Dry and pure, it has sweetly complex wild cherry, raspberry, cola and smoky oak flavors. Fine now, and could really surprise in six years or more.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From a well-regarded vineyard that’s source to several Pinots comes this fine ’06. It’s silky and dry and crisp and young, with raspberry and cherry jam flavors complexed with smoky oak, green tea and peppery spice. Should age well for the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A bit soft and obvious, but likeable for the dryness, and the way the ripe fruit and spice flavors titillate the palate. Has just enough of an acid, tannin and oak structure to make it elegant, but drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a new bottling for Phillips Hill, and a promising one. Immediately drinkable and likeable for its silky texture and complex, interesting flavors of cherries, cola, rhubarb, orange peel, pomegranates, sandalwood and Asian spices. Just beautiful, and should develop through 2013.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in a very ripe, fruit-driven, jammy style, this Pinot is lush in rhubarb pie, sweet cherry tart, cola, pomegranate and spice flavors. Could use a little more restraint and elegance, but it’s a pretty good wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is the richest bottling of Oppenlander that the winery has released, but it’s also tannic, and needs time in the bottle to express itself. Dry and astringent, although with a silky texture, it shows cherry, pomegranate, red plum, anise and cola flavors. Best after 2011.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Although there’s enough of a tannic structure to age this Pinot, you can drink it now. It’s dry and silky and accessible, with polished cherry, raspberry, leather, Dr. Pepper cola, star anise and pepper flavors. Goes down nice and easy, but shows considerable complexity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A luscious young Pinot, made in an instantly appealing style. It shows ripe, sweet cherry, raspberry, framboise, red currant and spicy vanilla and oak flavors that finish long and balanced. This is a voluptuous wine, almost decadent.
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