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J. Christopher 2007 'Appassionata' Pinot Noir (w/ Dr.Loosen), Dundee Hills
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Item Number: 5761
UPC: None
Country: USA
Region: Oregon
Sub Region: Willamette Valley
Appellation/AVA: Dundee Hills
Vintage: 2007
Grape(s): 100% Pinot Noir
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 13
Soil Type: Jory
Case Production: 150
This is the second release of the first wine to be produced
collaboratively by Ernst Loosen and Jay Somers. To create this highly
selected, limited-production wine, Ernst and Jay select a blend of
barrels from the J. Christopher cellar that reflect a distinctive
combination of clones, terroir, and cooperage. The result is an elegant
Pinot Noir with classic Oregon fruit and fine Old World structure.
The 2007 Appassionata is 100 percent Dundee Hills Pinot Noir,
blending fruit from Bella Vida 115 South Vineyard and a small amount of
Abbey Ridge Vineyard. The classic aromas of the Dundee Hills conjure up
lovely red fruits with hints of spice and lavender. Flavors of dark
cherry and a touch of mushroom are supported by excellent acidity, dusty
tannins, and lovely depth. This complex wine showcases the unique
terroir of the Dundee Hills; and has the structure to age for years
while retaining finesse and elegance.
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J. Christopher 2007 'Appassionata' Pinot Noir (w/ Dr.Loosen), Dundee Hills
Rating: 93
Bright red. A highly perfumed bouquet displays fresh strawberry, potpourri, vanilla and smoky herbs. Spicy red and dark berry flavors show excellent focus and gain energy in the glass. Blood orange and spicecake flavors build with air and carry through a long, sappy and penetrating finish that betrays just a hint of tannins. Fully mature and utterly delicious but has the balance to age further.
- International Wine Cellar (8/1/2013)
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J. Christopher 2007 'Appassionata' Pinot Noir (w/ Dr.Loosen), Dundee Hills
Rating: 94
(Editors' Choice) Dense and extracted, this dark, loamy Pinot Noir is concentrated and challenging. The fruit is black, compact and sheathed in flavors of loam. Layers are tight and a bit unyielding. There is depth and power here, but it must be extracted over time and with a bit of patience.
- The Wine Enthusiast (7/1/2013)
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J. Christopher 2007 'Appassionata' Pinot Noir (w/ Dr.Loosen), Dundee Hills
Rating: 91
J. Christopher 2007 Pinot Noir Appassionata represents the first,
150-case lot of what proprietors Jay Somers and Ernst Loosen intend will
always be released only when they feel it is drinking especially
expressively. This year – a challenging one in which to inaugurate a
flagship bottling – it came from Bella Vide and Abbey Ridge vineyards.
The mingling of game and resinous herbs with lightly-cooked red fruits
puts me a bit in mind of the South of France, even if there is certainly
admirable buoyancy on exhibit. Low-toned fungal and forest floor
suggestions offer more Pinot-typical themes, and faintly grainy tannins
add a faint and attractive sense of chew to a finish still possessed of
ample primary juiciness. I could well imagine this being worth following
for several more years, though there is a faintly nutty, smoky whiff of
oxidative development about it, and I expect that its tannins will
easily outlast the rest of its features. The team has already decided,
incidentally, that there will be no 2010 version of this cuvee; and
since they subsequently elected to assign its protected name to their
new estate vineyard – which wasn’t yet dreamed of when the two hatched
the idea for this joint cuvee – future installments of the latter might
well acquire a different label designation.
- The Wine Advocate (8/31/2012)
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