Don't Miss
- VineLines Dispatch: September to remember on Red Mountain
- VineLines Dispatch: Woodinville crushes through smoke, pandemic
- Sweet 16th AVA in Washington belongs to Candy Mountain
- H3 2016 Cab rides off as Washington State Wine Competition best of show
- Elephant 7 soars with Yellow Bird Vineyard Grenache at Walla Walla Valley Wine Competition
- Dunham Cellars in Walla Walla raises $15,049 for suicide prevention
- USA Today readers vote Walla Walla Valley as America’s Best Wine Region
- Williamson Vineyards young Albariño rises to top of 2020 Idaho Wine Competition
- 2020 vintage for Northwest tracks dry, warm but not hot
- 5 Idaho wineries to pour at drive-in theater
Denison Cellars 2012 Tête de Cuvée Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $56
By Great Northwest Wine on July 19, 2015
Tim Wilson drew first from the early-ripening Kiff Vineyard and then Johnson Ridge Vineyard a week later on Oct. 18 for this two-barrel special lot from this stellar vintage. His approach of unfining and unfiltering makes for a nose of dried Bing cherry, orange oil and milk chocolate with pinches of cherry pipe tobacco and clove. Its entry of Montmorency cherry and pomegranate builds to succlence, finishing with sandy tannins and plum juice. It’s easy to imagine this with grilled pork loin.
Rating: Recommended
Production: 42 cases
Alcohol: 14.5%
Latest News
-
VineLines Dispatch: September to remember on Red MountainDespite the smoke and the pandemic, harvest is in...
- September 27, 2020
-
VineLines Dispatch: Woodinville crushes through smoke, pandemicDespite the smoke and the pandemic, harvest is in...
- September 26, 2020
-
Sweet 16th AVA in Washington belongs to Candy MountainSweet news came from the federal government on Sept....
- September 25, 2020
0 comments