First wine back from a week of congestion and coughing. Glad to participate, finally.
2015 Aston Estate Pinot Sonoma Coast
This wine is huge, ripe and jammy black cherry/blackberry. Turns quite tart on the finish. If someone threw this into a blind Zinfandel tasting it would fool people.
2013 Rhys Pinot Noir Santa Cruz Mountains - USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains (11/24/2022)
Medium body, slightly bricked garnet color, which I suspect was always the case with this wine; definite stem notes on the nose, wet fallen leaves, bit of spice, needs some air to shed the somewhat rustic stem character more dominant on first opening, then shows higher toned fruit, more bright strawberry than darker cherry, what I usually find in the Horseshoe flavor profile, the spice is still prominent, but in balance with the bright fruit. (90 points)
I’m gonna open a 2020 Rebourgeon Pommard Rugiens soon. Can’t wait.
Got time. Try this over a few days!
Sea Smoke Southing 2011
As Sea Smoke usually does, this wowed the crowd tonight. Almost-sweet red cherry, cinnamon, nutmeg, beautifully caressing texture.
I get if someone (including me) might be looking for something else, but I would be hard pressed to get someone saying this isn’t delicious wine on its own terms.
The note was early in the night, it kept getting better and more expressive over a few hours. Emailed Panzer immediately, but sounds like they’re all gone
From dinner yesterday, the 2011 Patricia Green Etzel Block. I believe this is from an area in their estate vineyard right next to the Beaux Freres vineyard, and this really showed well - nice spiciness and fruit on the nose, good acidity and persistence on the finish, and my favorite of the three Pinots we had yesterday.
Next up was a 2008 Evesham Wood Le Grive Bleu. I’ve had this a few times over the years, and at least IMO, it tends to be a solid effort but nothing that really makes you sit up and take notice, and yesterday’s bottle was no exception.
And finally, a bottle that will be near and dear to many fellow Berserkers, the 2014 Patricia Green Berserkers Cuvee. This was year 2 of the Berserker release by Jim, and this wine just provides consistent pleasure. I think it was our host Todd who used to implore folks to hang on to a few bottles as we were guzzling this down on release, and this wine still shows no signs to me of losing any steam, so who’s to say it won’t be capable of another 5-10 years in the bottle.
This will result in emails asking when we’re doing this again! This wine, IIRC, is mostly a combination of some stuff from the Estate and Olenik (now Corrine) Anklebreaker Block (which we did not bottle that vintage) and some of the Wadenavil Block as well. I would assume some Lia’s is in there as well.
When are you doing this again? 
Quite the Oregonian Thanksgiving!
RT
Well, I wanted to keep it all-American. We also had a PGC rose and a Walter Scott Le Combe Verte Chardonnay, so it ended up being an all-Oregon Thanksgiving 
I don’t have a lot of good things to say about global warming. But I drink wine by the weather, and it makes it easier to drink Pinot Noir late in November in northern New England.
2011 Alesia Pinot Noir, Alder Springs Vineyard
Dan Kravitz
Thanks to all who continue to support this thread, participate and help me raise money for Laura’s House. Please keep posting your notes and photos, as we have two days left, ending on Sunday before we turn over the next week to @Chris_Seiber aka Counselor. PS…and yes, my team sucks. You may not be able to see the hat, but it’s my Anaheim Ducks gear. I wear it everyday, and for those of you who follow the NHL, we suck as team. We’re officially ‘tanking’ for Connor Bedard now, for those who know what that means. Personally, I just wish to hell we would fire our Coach already, and THEN continue to tank for Bedard.
I’m in the pool with some Pinot Noir, finally. Figured I would get the dog into the effort, too.
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Do you think that was an off bottle? I have enjoyed the Cancilla before.
No wine last more than a few hours at our house.
Def could have been off. Not corked, though. Maybe VA?
we’re all ready for when you do!
