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2017 Domaine Serene Two Barns Vineyard Pinot Noir

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased upon release; Consignor is original owner

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

94Vinous / IWC

A highly perfumed bouquet evokes fresh red and blue fruits, mocha, Asian spices and candied rose, along with a smoky mineral topnote. Juicy, chewy and impressively concentrated, offering intense boysenberry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors...

93Wine Spectator

Vibrant raspberry and blueberry blossom aromas open to a slightly brooding core of minerally tannins, building structure on the long finish.

93James Suckling

Good intensity of ripe dark cherry here with a distinctively foresty nose and earthy, woody and leafy-toned complexity. The palate is quite boldly structured and has a powerful core of blue-toned pinot fruit flavors. Fuller, rounder style here.

93Wine Enthusiast

Blueberry and sweet plum flavors are set against tart citrus—excellent material right from the start.

92Burghound.com

...flashes plenty of menthol influence on the red and blue pinot fruit...very supple, round and equally easy-going medium weight flavors...sneaky good length.

PRODUCER

Domaine Serene

Domaine Serene is in Dayton, Oregon. The estate has numerous vineyards in several areas of the Willamette Valley, in the heart of Oregon’s Pinot Noir country. The estate was founded in 1989 by Grace and Tony Evenstad. The couple built a pharmaceutical company in Minnesota before starting their winery in Oregon. Domaine Serene is known for its single vineyard Pinot Noirs. It also produces Chardonnay.

REGION

United States, Oregon, Willamette Valley

Willamette Valley AVA was established in 1983, and it is the oldest appellation in Oregon. Oregon’s modern wine industry began in the Willamette Valley in the 1960s when artists, vagabond winemakers, and U.C. Davis oenology graduates looking for new territory started their own, small, off-the-grid wineries. The appellation is the state’s largest, and it extends 175 miles from Columbia River on the Washington/Oregon border to just south of Eugene, near central Oregon. The Willamette River runs through the area, helping to give the appellation a mild year-round climate. There are six smaller sub-appellations within this AVA, but altogether the Willamette Valley has the largest concentration of wineries in Oregon, as well as the majority of the state’s most famous producers. Pinot Noir is king here, followed by Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Riesling. To most admirers of Oregon Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley offers the most distinctive wine choices in the state.

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.