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The May 2014 Internet-Only Auction Part 2
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Lot 2156
Estimate: $120
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"The 2008 Pinot Noir Meredith Mitchell Vineyard comes from a site described by Wright as “?old school with 6 X 12 spacing giving clusters half the size of normal with yields 2 tons an acre in a big year. In 2008 yields were 1.5 tons.” This was generally true throughout Willamette Valley, a splendid vintage but with considerably below normal yields. Dark ruby red with an already complex aromatic array of smoke, spice box, incense, violets, black cherry and black raspberry, in the mouth this is a brawny, more structured wine than its siblings (partly a trait of McMinnville Pinots). Densely packed and structured while buttressed with lively acidity, this will be a long-lived Pinot demanding a minimum of 3-4 years of cellaring. It should effortlessly see its 20th birthday."
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"The 2008 Pinot Noir Meredith Mitchell Vineyard comes from a site described by Wright as “?old school with 6 X 12 spacing giving clusters half the size of normal with yields 2 tons an acre in a big year. In 2008 yields were 1.5 tons.” This was generally true throughout Willamette Valley, a splendid vintage but with considerably below normal yields. Dark ruby red with an already complex aromatic array of smoke, spice box, incense, violets, black cherry and black raspberry, in the mouth this is a brawny, more structured wine than its siblings (partly a trait of McMinnville Pinots). Densely packed and structured while buttressed with lively acidity, this will be a long-lived Pinot demanding a minimum of 3-4 years of cellaring. It should effortlessly see its 20th birthday."
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