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Welcome to the OPNC
Make purchases without joining, or join to receive monthly shipments of Oregon's best stuff. The Oregon Pinot Noir Club is located in the Center of Oregon Wine Country. Travelling frequently to barrel-taste with winemakers, we seek out and acquire the top Oregon wines, including single-vineyard bottlings, special cuvees, and limited-release wines that are often not available outside of Oregon.
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 Walter Scott Pinot Noir Dumb Ox 2010
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here to read more. $38 / bottle
The Dumb Ox is textbook for a 'big style' 2010. It has flesh on the bones, ripe flavors of the red-and-blue spectrum that should thrill any pinot enthusiast, and a mouth filling texture and extract level that coast the palate. It smells really, really good. It does all this with only 13.5% alcohol, about the max for the vintage. It is compelling now, but I continue to believe that the '10s will put on weight and color with more bottle time - it's the pi...More
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 Beaux Freres Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2010
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here to read more. $50 / bottle
Here are tasting notes from the winery: “The 2010 Beaux Freres Pinot Noir Willamette Valley It is a medium to full-bodied wine, supple and pure with sweet tannins. Dark ruby in color, with aromas of blue fruit and spice. On the palate the fruit shows plum, dark currants, sweet cherries and a dash of raspberry. Of the three cuvees this is the most forward and easiest to drink right now (in fact it is difficult to stop drinking).“More
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 J. Christopher Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2010
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here to read more. $28 / bottle
Jay Somers of J. Christopher Wines really hit the wine press big-time with his stellar '09 bottlings. With a series of 94-points scores, he was clearly the breakout story of the vintage. The newfound fame is good for Jay and his team, but perhaps not so good for those of us who have been following his wines from day one . . . used to be, we could get all the wine we wanted. Now, everyone wants them!
This pretty 2010 pinot noir shows excellent fruit c...More
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 McKinlay Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2010
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here to read more. $18 / bottle
Right now, this wine is irresistible because of the heady aroma of fresh fruits that leaps from the glass. It's easy to simply inhale the wine and forget to taste. On the palate, the wine shows the impeccable balance and silky texture that are the hallmarks of the 2010s at this stage.
But Matt's wines always shine even brighter with a bit of bottle age. Over the next six months, you can expect this wine to add color, for the fruit palate to expand, an...More
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 Owen Roe Pinot Noir Sharecroppers 2010
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here to read more. $21 / bottle
This wine has turned into a true franchise for value-priced Oregon pinot noir. This stuff is supple, juicy, forward, and lip-smacking good on top of being inexpensive.More
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 Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir Block 31 2010
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here to read more. $55 / bottle
Shea Vineyards -- under the direction of the erstwhile Dick Shea -- has long been established as a preeminent vineyard site in Oregon. The different blocks of that vineyard have been the source of a huge number of Oregon's most storied wines. Each year, the release of the "Blocks" creates a minor frenzy among pinot-philes and Shea devotees. So, here you go!
This are bigger wines, in the Shea style, with dramatic fruit and soaring aromas. T...More
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Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir Block 7 2010
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here to read more. $55 / bottle
Shea Vineyards -- under the direction of the erstwhile Dick Shea -- has long been established as a preeminent vineyard site in Oregon. The different blocks of that vineyard have been the source of a huge number of Oregon's most storied wines. Each year, the release of the "Blocks" creates a minor frenzy among pinot-philes and Shea devotees. So, here you go!
This are bigger wines, in the Shea style, with dramatic fruit and soaring aromas. T...More
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 Sineann Pinot Noir Resonance 2010
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here to read more. $42 / bottle
This is another benchmark Oregon wine with a fanatical fan base. Here's some stuff about the wine from winemaker Peter Rosback: "Unfortunately, one of the most unique aspects of this wine is its scarcity. Crop size was very small in 2010 due to a cool Spring. On top of that, we were very strict in our selection of barrels to make up our 2010 Resonance Pinot Noir. The result: there is little to go around of our most in-demand Pinot Noir. So much for t...More
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 Spindrift Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2010
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here to read more. $21 / bottle A favorite value of mine is Spindrift, the product of Matt and Tabitha Compton. For some years now, they have quietly pushed out one tasty, authentic pinot noir after another, all while keeping the price in the crazy-low-for-the-quality range. Yet another fantastic deal.More
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 Trisaetum Pinot Noir Estate Reserve 2010
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here to read more. $75 / bottle
The aroma leaps from the glass, and is fully tantalizing. On the palate, the wine shows a broad, lush character with layers of fruit that expand across the palate, with an emphasis on pure red berries, loam and minerals typical of Ribbon Ridge, and a hint of fresh-sawn wood that denotes the use of quality barrels at a reasonable level. The finish is admirably persistent. Overall, this is a big-style wine that shows real elegance and balance - intensity w...More
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About the Pinot Guy
Robert Wolfe is owner of The Oregon Pinot Noir Club, the nation's most significant national retailer of Oregon Pinot Noir and other high-end Northwest wines. He is a former journalist and a prominent wine writer. Read more
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