Winery - Thistle
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tasty with terrific dry extract, this excellent Pinot Blanc stands out with a palate-pleasing mix of grapefruit, pineapple and citrus rind. Sharp and penetrating, it lingers into a graceful finish annotated with toasted hazelnuts.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This herbal, crisp Chardonnay is clean and bracing. The winery name suggests the flavors, which have a thistly component, along with tangerine, Meyer lemon, lime, green apple and tonic. Very long and very fresh.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is Oregon Pinot Noir at its best, with varietal distinction and well-defined terroir. Great purity of fruit shows in a wine of tremendous focus and concentration. Strawberry and cherry flavors are set in a perfectly balanced, moderately alcoholic wine with careful details of baking spice, cola and cocoa.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This lively, spritzy Pinot Blanc, made from organically grown grapes, matches the previous vintage with lovely fruit—golden apple, pink grapefruit and pickled watermelon. It freshens and lifts the palate as it moves into a finish that keeps the fruit while adding a strong vein of mineral and wet rock.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From organically grown grapes, this is for acid lovers. Tart to the point of sour, with lemony fruit and a mouth-puckering presence, it rocks with goat cheeses, and cuts through cream sauces. Super penetration and length.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A deep straw, this unusual Chardonnay has a strong herbal component, with penetrating seed and grass flavors wrapped around tart, green apple fruit. It’s a little oxidized, drinking well, but not for cellaring.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Thistle makes a spicy, herbal, earthy style of Pinot Noir, so don’t look for sweet, ripe, jammy flavors. The fruit tastes like the tart, wild berries of the Northwest, and it’s backed with tart acidity and chewy tannins. But the concentration, focus and detail of the wine elevate it, and it persists in the mouth far longer than you anticipate.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Organically grown and certified grapes from the estate vineyard craft this tart and spicy Chardonnay. A strong spice note—clove—sings out around bright, crisp, green apple fruit flavors. Tangy and tasty juice.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A firm, full, distinctive Pinot Noir, from an organic vineyard in the Dundee Hills. Light fruit flavors of berry play second fiddle to notes of earth and clay, and drying tannins. The wine surprises with its length; it extends into a finish that continues to hold your attention and its focus, for a minute or more.
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