TN: Two 10 yr old Siduri Pinots...(short/boring)

WINE TALK
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Tried these two last night:

  1. Siduri PinotNoir WillametteVlly/OR (13.0%) 2007: Rather light somewhat bricked color; slight funky/mousey light cherry/PN/earthy some pencilly/Siduri oak slight spicy/peppery bit faded/old PN nose; lightly tart rather faded/tired slight funky/mousey light cherry/OR PN some pencilly/Siduri oak flavor w/ light dried-out tannins; med.long bit tart somewhat tired/dried out light OR/cherry/PN some pencilly/Siduri oak finish w/ light dried-out tannins some interesting old PN character but pretty dried-out/tired w/ little PN fruit left. $18.00
  1. Siduri PinotNoir RRV (14.3%; 1601 cs; 45% KeeferRanch/19% LewisVnyd/16% SapphireHill/10% AmberRidge/
    6% Parsons/4% Ewald) 2008    : Med.color w/ slight bricking; fairly strong PN/black cherry strong Siduri/pencilly/cedary oak slight dusty/earthy/OV fairly complex mature Calif PN nose; lightly tart strong pencilly/cedary/Siduri oak some black cherry/PN flavor w/ light gentle tannins; long bit tired/dried out some black cherry/PN strong pencilly/Siduri oak finish w/ light smooth tannins; a bit on the tired side but still offers up plenty of pleasure. $23.50

A wee BloodyPulpit:

  1. I was expecting these two generic Pinots to be totally dead & gone. The Willamette was pretty tired, but the RRV was still a pleasure to drink.
    The Siduri PN’s always had a fairly distinctive oak to them that was easily recognizable…what I just referred to as “Siduri oak”.
    Tom
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I never noticed the oak so much with the Pinot, but when I started checking out their Syrah, I thought I had consumed liquefied lumber. To be fair, this was their Novy line and it was only one data point - It was enough to scare me off of trying the others though… Cheers!

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Well, Scott. I always thought the Siduri Pinots had a distinct oak signature. I don’t recall the Novy Syrahs being any stronger oak
than the Pinots, though. But I’m fairly tolerant of oak.
Tom