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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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 2008 Patricia Green Cellars Pinot Noirs!
Click here to read more. All the 2008 Patricia Greens here. Okay, Patty fans, it's time for some dancing! Patty's amazing '08s are now available.
How good are the wines? While barrel tasting in September, I actually exclaimed aloud at some wines (the Estate Etzell Block in particular). Here are some teaser notes from Jim, who is not given to hyperbole:
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 Amalie Robert Pinot Noir Dijon Clones 2006
Click here to read more. $32 / bottle New Price: 20% off! I’ve been going back lately to taste wines that we offered six months or a year ago, to see how they are doing. This one is killing me! From a newer, small producer this wine has opened up, integrated, and is drinking exceptionally well right now. It’s packed with higher-toned red fruits, and is very expansive on the palate through the middle. It gets very elegant, in a positive and almost ethereal way on the finish. There&rsqu...More
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 Argyle Brut Blanc de Blancs Knudsen Reserve 2000
Click here to read more. $42 / bottle Wine Advocate 93 Points! “The 2000 Blanc de Blancs Knudsen Vineyard Julia Lee’s Block offers more elegance. Notes of melon, pear, and apple lead to a crisp, precise, dry sparkling wine with a pure finish that lasts and lasts.
“. . . it is undeniable that Argyle Winery is producing among the best sparkling wines made in the USA and they cannot be ignored. Argyle is also the hangout of veteran vigneron Rollin Soles who knows as wel...More
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 Cristom Pinot Noir Signature Reserve 2005
Click here to read more. $110 / bottle, VERY limited RP 94 Points!!
From The Wine Advocate: "On three occasions (1998, 2004, and now 2005) Cristom has produced a bottling called "Signature". The current release is the 2005 Pinot Noir Signature, a wine fermented with native yeasts, aged in 100% new oak for 18 months, and bottled without fining or filtration. Dark ruby-colored, it delivers a captivating aromatic array of sandalwood, incense, violets, black cherry, and black raspberr...More
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 Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir "Laurene" 2006
Click here to read more. $68 / bottle Parker 92 Points! The 2006 Pinot Noir Laurene is medium/dark ruby colored with an alluring perfume of pain grille, mineral, spice box, cherry, and black raspberry with some blue notes in the background. It has more depth and concentration than the "cuvee classique" with gobs of sweet, ripe fruit, enough structure to evolve for 3-4 years and a 45-second finish. Drink it from 2012 to 2021."More
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 Evening Land Pinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills Seven Springs Vineyard 2007
Click here to read more. $48 / bottle #97 in the Top 100 Wines! WS 92 Points! Plenty Available! From the WS: “Bright and juicy, with lively acidity and a streak of distinctive minerality running through the raspberry and floral flavors, lingering on the refined finish. Best from 2010 through 2014.”More
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 Owen Roe Ex Umbris Syrah 2007
Click here to read more. $24 / bottle Wine Spectator 92 Points! Almost Gone!
This is a beauty! Remember, 2007 was an Outstanding Vintage in Washington, source of these grapes! There is enough supply for about a week, but the score plus the price means it will sell out very soon. Here's the Wine Spectator review: "Velvety, offering a plush mouthful of spicy cherry and red berry flavors, playing against plush tannins and hints of milk chocolate on the long, vivid finish. Syrah. Drink now thro...More
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 Ponzi Pinot Noir Reserve 2006
Click here to read more. $66 / bottle, Parker 93 Points! "The 2006 Pinot Noir Reserve is dark ruby-colored with an alluring perfume of pain grille, spice box, black cherry, and black raspberry. This is followed by a generous, full-bodied wine with mouth-coating fruit, a velvety texture, layers of flavor, and enough structure to evolve for 2-3 years. The rich, persistent finish goes on for nearly one minute. Give it 3-4 years to evolve and drink it from 2012 to 2022."
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 Roederer Cristal Brut 2002
Click here to read more. $225 / bottle Wine & Spirits 100 Points! This is the wine of stars. I can honestly say the best Champagne I’ve had was the 1990 Cristal from Magnum, for my Birthday about two years ago (this does not include KRUG which occupies its own niche). We’re not the only place to get this, but if you want some, here it is!More
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 Soter Brut Rose Sparkling Wine 2005
Click here to read more. $49 / bottle RP 93 Points!
From The Wine Advocate: "The 2005 Beacon Hill Brut Rose is composed of equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. A deep salmon pink in color, it offers up an alluring bouquet of biscuit, rose petal, minerals, strawberry, and raspberry. Medium to full-bodied, rich, and flavorful on the palate, this vibrant effort is impeccably balanced and lengthy. It would be a fascinating experiment to place it in a blind tasting with Louis Roederer Cristal...More
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 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard 2007
Click here to read more. $40 / bottle RP 91 Points! "From the Willamette Valley’s best known vineyard, the 2007 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard has an expressive nose that was singing on the day I encountered it. Smoke, cola, cassis, and cherry aromas are followed by a smooth-textured, layered, sweetly-fruited, mouth-filling, medium-bodied wine with enough depth and structure to evolve for 2-3 years. It will provide pleasure through 2019." - Jay Miller, The Wine AdvocateMore
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 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard 2007
Click here to read more. $34 / bottle RP 90 Points! "The medium ruby-colored 2007 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard features an earthy, mineral-accented perfume along with aromas of black cherry, black raspberry, and mulberry from the darker side of the fruit spectrum. Typical of the vintage, on the palate it has plenty of spice, lively acidity, and enough structure for 2-3 years of further evolution. This lengthy, pure effort will offer prime drinking from 2011 to 2019." - Jay Miller, ...More
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 St. Innocent Pinot Noir White Rose Vineyard 2007
Click here to read more. $50 / bottle RP 92 Points! “The 2007 Pinot Noir White Rose Vineyard is the most elegant wine of the portfolio. It offers up a nearly ethereal perfume of spice box, mineral, rose petal, incense, and assorted red fruits. Medium-bodied, velvety, and complex, it has a nervy energy that makes it hard to resist now. However, it has the balance to provide pleasure for another 8-10 years.” - Jay Miller, The Wine AdvocateMore
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 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel 2007 .375
Click here to read more. $30 / half-bottle Parker 95-97 Points!
It's Cali wine, but that's an import for us in Oregon! This is a hot-hot-hot wine right now, and we could not get full-size bottles. But here's some halves, at a great price -- 36 bottles available. Palacios is perhaps the most famous winemaker in France, one of the owners of Beaucastel itself. This is their California project. It's good, for you lovers of New World style wines. Here is the Parker review: "The profound 20...More
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 Vilmart Brut Champagne Grand Cellier NV
Click here to read more. $75 / bottle A delicate, aromatic bubbly, displaying floral, apple, red berry and citrus notes. Firm yet well-defined, with a mineral element playing out on the lingering finish. Drink now through 2011. –BSMore
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¡Salud!
Oregon Pinot Noir Auction
Held in Portland, Oregon, winemakers from the
state’s foremost wineries will debut the
2008 vintage at this benefit for Oregon’s
seasonal vineyard workers and their families. This
event is the only opportunity to acquire wines
made exclusively for ¡Salud! – the
very best of the latest vintage of Oregon Pinot
Noir.
Whether you’re a collector or just have
an appreciation for the craft of winemaking at
its best, this is the Pinot Noir event for you.
These are exclusive finds not available in stores,
restaurants or even tasting rooms.
Tasting and Big Board Auction
Friday, Nov. 13
3:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Dinner and Auction
Saturday, Nov. 14
5:00 p.m.
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