Amity Vineyards Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA

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The 2009 Pinot Noir Amity Estate Single Vineyard comes from a source planted between 1970 and 1974. Hints of herbs, cedar, spice box, black cherry, and black raspberry lead to a savory, balanced, more structured wine than is typical of the vintage. Give it 1-2 years of cellaring and drink it through 2021. Tel. (503) 835-2362; www.amityvineyards.com

Fresh strawberry and red raspberry dusted with brown spices on the nose of Amity’s basic Willamette Valley bottling of 2009 Pinot Noir anticipate a sweetly-ripe, spicy palate, whose black-tea like tannins however rob the palate of textural polish and the finish of sheer fruit juiciness. That said, this offers up-front appeal and should be a satisfying table companion over the at least the next couple of years. Amity is the pioneering and now 36 year long project of Myron Redford, for whom Darcy Pendergrass has been winemaker since 2008 after having worked her way up from a job in the winery’s tasting room. I tasted only three wines from them this year, all good if not especially distinguished. Tel. (503) 835-2362