From someone who hopefully has years of enjoyment ahead from many of the makers popular in these forums - I would like to learn more about any Closed Periods of your favorite Oregon Pinot Noirs.
Your experiences on when/if you have encountered Bottles well stored in you cellar that are shut down.
I definitely have, both with my wines and others.
What are the markers that you use to identify a bottle that is closing down? How many years did it take to exit?
clumsiness, disjointed, dull, tannins/acid out of balance. Lack of expressive aromatics, fruit is narrow or short.
Maker, vintage, vineyard, appellation are all helpful - both data and opinions you have developed over the years would be great to hear.
I find the Dundee Hills to typically have the shortest dumb phase. Vintages are all over the board. Cooler vintages are usually closed longer, but there are always comments of ripe vintages falling apart, but eventually the wines will come back into phase.
What are your preferences for when your drink, and also try not to drink, your favorite producers?
for my wines and the producers I drink, this is my rule of thumb for when I like to drink the wines. If a bottle seems cloaed as I enter my drinking window, I will slow down the window(as with 2008):
Dundee Hills drink at 5-10 years
Yamhill Carlton 6-10 years
Eola Amity Hills 8-15 years
Ribbon Ridge 9-20 years
Burgundy has well established general rules of the road (which can be wrong, yet provide useful general guidelines), so good for Oregon to have the same so we can maximize our enjoyment.