Serious Oregon Pinot from Domaine Serene

March 13, 2019

Domaine Serene Evanstad Reserve Pinot Noir 2014

Great to see more of these better American Pinots in Australia. The prices are mad, but I welcome the diversity. This red from the Willamette Valley spends 16 months in 60% new French oak, very much in the ‘big is better’ USA mode. It almost works too, a deeply coloured, ultra ambitious style with a volume of deep ripe red fruit and all that vanilla oak filling in the palate. High quality French oak sure, but a major element of the wine, complete with oak tannins. Quality fruit and seriously long but less would be more. Best drinking: Good now. 17.5/20, 91/100. 14.2%, $120. Would I buy it? A glass.


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drew
March 14, 2019 at 11:20 AM
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> The prices are mad

WET is a terrible thing…


    Andrew Graham
    March 14, 2019 at 4:19 PM
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    Isn’t it! Add importers margin too and it all becomes absolute madness.

Andrew Hamilton
March 14, 2019 at 6:59 PM
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Agreed. The only US Pinot I drink are bottles I mule over here from there when on vacation.


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