The 2008 Pinot Noir Zenith Vineyard offers up a brighter perfume with plenty of spice notes, incense, cherry blossom, and an amalgam of red and black fruits. On the palate it reveals an elegant personality with a bit more volume than the Temperance Hill cuvee. Velvet-textured, nicely balanced, and lengthy, it has the structure to evolve for 2-3 years and will deliver prime drinking from 2013 to 2023.
Mark Vlossak continues to turn out some of Willamette Valley’s finest wines in his new digs in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA. He has seemingly always had a way with white wines and the three new releases are no exception.
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