Winery - Soléna
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A cut above the competition, this hits on all cylinders. Plenty of texture, rich, round mouthfeel, and nicely ripened but not over-the-top pear and stone fruits. There’s a hit of cinnamon spice in the finish, and the flavors seem to resonate through a long and satisfying finish.
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Soléna Pinot Gris - 2004
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft yet intense scents of raspberry, strawberry and rose petals glide into a silky sweet midpalate. Hints of Asian spice are wrapped into bark and leaf, but the lovely, berry-flavored fruit keeps on coming right into the tasty finish, laced with barrel toast, nutskin and brown sugar.
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Soléna Pinot Noir - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The vineyard name is a combination of the two prevalent soil types, Nekia and WillaKenzie. The Dijon clone Pinot is dark and pleasantly earthy, with core flavors of cassis and cherry liqueur. The earthy, slightly rustic tannins coat the throat, leaving an astringent, green tea residue, but the silky fruit compensates. This needs some further bottle age to really shine.
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Soléna Pinot Noir - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This popular vineyard, now almost 20 years old, yields a brambly Pinot Noir which might pass for a Sonoma Coast bottling. More elegant, almost steely, than many of the other Soléna vineyard designates, this offers cooler fruit flavors of rhubarb and wild strawberry, along with anise and dried herb.
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Soléna Pinot Noir - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Winemaker Laurent Montalieu really shines with Pinot Gris, and the vibrant nose and lush textures of his 2006 Soléna continue an unbroken string of successes. Packed with fresh pear fruit, annotated with pineapple and laced with vanilla, this delicious wine keeps resonating through the palate and into a lively, spicy finish. No malolactic fermentation, no oak. Just a lovely expression of great fruit.
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Soléna Pinot Gris - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The vineyard name is a combination of the two prevalent soil types, Nekia and WillaKenzie. Along with sweet cherry fruit comes a defining minerality—a streak of iron running through the heart of the wine. Balanced nicely, with gentle acidity and sculpted tannins. In the finish you pick up an elegant streak of green tea.
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Soléna Pinot Noir - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Laurent and Danielle Montalieu acquired this high-profile vineyard in 2007; this is the first Hyland release under their Soléna label. It’s a beautiful Pinot, with the elegance of Burgundy and the freshness of New World grapes. Fermentation in rotary barrels (for color extraction and tannin management) yields a silky, perfumed, feminine wine that penetrates subtly and lingers gracefully.
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Soléna Pinot Noir - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The top cuvée of Soléna Cellars has tangy blackberry and black cherry flavors, wrapped in lightly noted hints of earth, leaf and bark. It’s just short of luxurious, but the resonant mid-palate extends into a finish dappled with cinnamon, smoke and toasted walnuts. Elegant and refined, this should age nicely for up to a decade.
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Soléna Pinot Noir - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Kudos to winemaker Laurent Montalieu for holding the line on price. His Soléna Grande Cuvée is one of the four or five best value Pinots in Oregon, if not the entire country. Nine vineyards contribute to the blend, a spicy and herbal mix of rhubarb, pepper, tomato leaf, black raspberry, currant and rose hips. The flavors and scents are detailed and nicely consolidated into a complex and harmonious wine. It will open up nicely with a couple of hours in a decanter.
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Soléna Pinot Noir - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
As classy a bottle as you might expect from veteran winemaker Laurent Montalieu. Once again the fruit is crystal clear, setting up fresh pear, green apple and pink grapefruit flavors against crisp, juicy acidity. The finish is lively and spicy.
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Soléna Pinot Gris - 2008
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