2014 vintage tasting notes and event discussion - PostIPNC Throwdown

This isn’t quite the flights as some order changes were made. If someone who got great pictures of each of the wines could share those I’ll amend the list to match exactly as tasted. Tx to the pics in Brian’s post I think I have everything correct except for which bottle of Vincent at the very end.

Flight 1: Ribbon Ridge + Chehalem Mountains

Goodfellow Whistling Ridge
Seven of Hearts Armstrong Vyd
Adelsheim Evelyn’s Reserve
Long Play Jory Bench Reserve “Lia’s Vineyard”

Flight 2: Van Duzer AVA + McMinnville AVA

Biggio Hamina Holmes Gap
Yamhill Valley Vineyards Tall Poppy
Coeur de Terre Heritage Reserve
Johan Nils
Day Johan

Flight 3: Dundee Hills AVA - Single Vineyard

Arterberry Maresh Maresh
Thomas (Magnum)
Belle Pente Murto
Cameron Abbey Ridge
Grochau Anderson Family

Flight 4: Dundee Hills Blends + One Ringer

Scott Paul La Paulee (not entirely DH, but the blend is mostly DH)
Cameron Dundee hills
Grochau Dundee Hills
Patricia Green Freedom Hill (Magnum)
Goodfellow Durant

Flight 5: Eola-Amity Hills AVA

Walter Scott Dumb Ox
Whistling Dog Heritage
Evesham Wood Le Puits Sec
Violin Clos des Oiseaux Vineyard (Magnum)
Cristom 123 West (Magnum)

Flight 6: Yamhill Carlton AVA + 1 ringer

St Innocent Shea Vineyard Special Selection
Lemelson Stermer Vineyard
Westrey Justice Vineyard

Bonus Flight: Single bottles offered blind after the tasting

Eyrie Daphne
St. Innocent Freedom Hill
Vincent ______

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