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2003 Argyle Pinot Noir Nuthouse Willamette Valley - USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley (11/27/2020)
This wine is bottled under screwcap, purchased on winedbid about a year ago. This is easily the oldest wine I’ve had under cap (more correctly, the wine I’ve had that has been under screwcap the longest). Not decanted, served in a Riedel Vinum Burgundy stem. Nice ruby-red, minimal bricking. Fresh nose that, with all its still youthful vigor, does give hints that it’s an older wine. Evergreen forest floor, raspberry, gingersnap, pie cherry. At about 15 minutes, a very slight pluminess showed up which was the main age indicator, but it quickly went away. The wine has great acidity as well, and a very long finish. This just goes to show how effectively a cap can be when ageing a wine. Changes do still happen, but more slowly and, as I’ve read, the risk of taint or spoilage is lower. Really a fantastic wine regardless of closure, and fun to have drunk one that has been under a screw cap for over 15 years. (92 pts.)
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This wine also once again showed me how fantastic aged Oregon Pinot Noir can be. The best should just be left alone for a while, darn it! Patience is often rewarded, as it was here.