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Vineyard: Gemini
| Appellation | Yamhill-Carlton District |
| Varieties | Pinot Noir |
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Reviewed wines produced from this vineyard
2006 J.K. Carriere Wines Gemini Vineyard Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
13.75% alc., 64 cases,$65. The vines are 15-year-old, Scott Henry
trained, Pommard clone Pinot Noir planted in Laurelwood soil. Small lot
wild yeast fermentations, aged 18 months in 3 barrels, one once filled, one
twice-filled and one neutral. Unfined and unfiltered.
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The nose is quite
alluring as it expands in the glass over time revealing dark red stone fruits,
especially black cherries, spice, oak and marzipan. Hearty core of red and
black raspberries and cherries engulfed by flamboyant tannins. Two days later this
wine was sampled from a previously opened and re-corked bottle and it was
drinking beautifully, smoothly textured with more integration of tannins and more expressive fruit. The lesson
here is to decant if you have to drink this wine now, but you would be well advised to keep your hands off of it
for at least five years. It’s got backside 9s on lock.
Reviewed March 26, 2009
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2006 J.K. Carriere Wines Gemini Vineyard Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
13.75% alc., 64 cases,$65. The vines are 15-year-old, Scott Henry trained, Pommard clone Pinot Noir planted in Laurelwood soil. Small lot wild yeast fermentations, aged 18 months in 3 barrels, one once filled, one twice-filled and one neutral. Unfined and unfiltered. · The nose is quite alluring as it expands in the glass over time revealing dark red stone fruits, especially black cherries, spice, oak and marzipan. Hearty core of red and black raspberries and cherries engulfed by flamboyant tannins. Two days later this wine was sampled from a previously opened and re-corked bottle and it was drinking beautifully, smoothly textured with more integration of tannins and more expressive fruit. The lesson here is to decant if you have to drink this wine now, but you would be well advised to keep your hands off of it for at least five years. It’s got backside 9s on lock. Reviewed March 26, 2009 WINERY » ARTICLE »
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