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2006 Renelle's
Block Reserve Pinot Noir
$48/btl
Bright red color with ruby depth. A
full toast oak greets the nose, offering vanilla, red
raspberry, and dried cherry. In the mouth the richness
offers more dried cherry, black cherry, soft dried lavender,
light citrus, rose, and pomegranate. The finish lingers with
delicate spice bouquet. Wood
is present and integrates nicely with the complex aromatics
Renelle’s Block offers.
This wine is one that year to year is the greatest
expression of what exactly happened in our vineyard for the
year. This is made to be complex, deep and long lived.
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2008 Estate
Pinot Noir $34/Btl
This wine first impresses with an intensely deep hued wine
that is brilliant, but nearly opaque to the intensity of
color. The nose greats with spice and the scent of a cedar
cigar box along dark cherry, coffee, and toasty tone. On
the palate, the wine is deeply textured and presents itself
with sweet luscious fruit reminiscent of dark pie cherries
with spice and the estate’s signature minerality. The
finish is extremely long with hints of toffee, coffee and
more spice. This wine is destined to be one of our best.
A great cross section wine from our entire estate.
This wine expresses the earthiness and minerality that I
believe defines CdT and more generally our McMinnville AVA.
2010 Outstanding Wine Oregon Wine Awards
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2008 Oregon Pinot
Noir $20/Btl
Intense red color lures you in with
signature Coeur de Terre earthy aromatics followed by notes
of dark cherry, cola, pomegranate and roses. Palette
embraces one with a brilliant vibrancy and bright fruit that
mirrors the dark tones found on the nose. The wine shows
nice structure with finely grained tannins, round mouth feel
and deep roasted coffee overtones on a very nice finish.
This wine shows a cross section taste of the McMinnville
AVA's dark fruit tones and earthy texture.
2010 Gold Medal Oregon Wine Awards |
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2009 Pinot Gris $17/Btl
One is greeted by a pale straw color.
On the nose, the wine expresses vibrant tropical
notes including pink grapefruit, passion fruit and guava.
At the first sip of the wine, one is taken back with
the significant palate weight and the ripe fruit flavors
that closely follow expectations garnered from the nose.
These lush tropical flavors then yield to a vibrant
core of bright acidity that allows the wine to finish with
great length and will make this a good wine for sipping or
with foods such as shellfish and soft ripened cheese.
2010 Silver Medal Oregon Wine Awards
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2009 Riesling $19/Btl
Vibrant acidity opening to delicate floral notes and honey on the
nose. In the mouth one gets minerality infused with nectarine, soft
apple blossom, and pear. It gains texture and finishes with an
infusion of honey, luscious peach and peach pit.
This is one of those wines that can pair with a huge array
of foods due to its acidity and complexity. I really
like it with creamy dishes such as the wild mushroom soup
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