Haven’t had the cork bottles yet of the Momtazi so can’t compare. But I wouldn’t say that the '12 and '13 drink younger. The '13 is very much in its prime.
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Enjoy! We’re looking forward to finishing the bottle today.
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I was excited to receive the Momtazi vertical. I started with the 2012, and thought it was drinking beautifully, and even better on the second day. Earthy with red berries and pine needles, and a solid structure. Up next will be the 2013.
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I think that 2012 might be the longest lived of the lot!.I’m thrilled it was drink8ngcwell!
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Kelley Fox Spring Club offer just hit the inbox.
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No decant. On my third glass. Really a nice perfumed nose from the start. Over the past three hours the wine has gained quite a bit of intensity in the mouth, filling out really nicely. Wonderful stuff, as noted by Tahseen, above.
On my recent journey into Oregon Pinot Noir, I’ve now been lucky enough to pick up and enjoy a handful of 2013s from iOTA, Patricia Green Cellars, and Goodfellow, and they’ve all be just wonderful. This Kelley Fox is yet another really pleasure-packed 2013 Oregon Pinot Noir.
Perhaps the 2014 next? 
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2013 is the greatest dismissed vintage since 2007.
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Might need a 2013 shitty pinot noir thread.
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In general, 2013 is very polarizing in the WV…
If I remember correctly iota picked after the monsoon. I’ve enjoyed my 2013’s. I dare Stotter to start the thread…
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Iota 2013 Pinot is great, euro mossy raspberry thing .
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I believe you have said this before (or someone said the exact same thing) and I will respond the same way. While that may have been the case during harvest and in the first few years after, is it really the case anymore? Just like 2007, so many wines have turned out beautifully. I have probably drank a dozen different producers and talked to as many about the vintage. Exactly one was not satisfied with it (Maresh). Everyone else, thought it was at least good or better. As in any challenging vintage, the producers who made the right choices ended up making really nice wines.
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Yeah, that’s me. While I agree with your sentiment about right choices, there’s nothing wrong with my statement. 2013 is a vey polarizing vintage in the WV. I’m really hoping that Stotter starts that thread as that could lead to more discussion regarding 2013. I’ve enjoyed my 2013’s, so it’s not a negative statement from my perspective.
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I am taking a “hit” for you tonight with the 2016 Momtazi. Wow, this thing is still a baby. So very different than a KF Dundee Hills bottling. Dark fruits, spicy, surprisingly grippy tannins. For my tastes, this need another five years or more. In other words, you’re going to love it! I’ll be happy to let my other bottles sleep.
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Well, I would never have opened the '16 at this point - mostly because I’ve been paying attention to you and the others, 
and I even suggested I instead was eyeballing that 2014 next.
I really have at least been trying to pay attention, here. So far, generally (very) speaking, I’ve come to conclude that for nice Pinot Noir from WV, 2015, '14, '13, '11, '10 and older are a “what the hell, let’s give this a go” (although with most I still decant for a period, given the frequent talk of how well the bottle did on day 2, etc.), with '14 being perhaps a bottling that needs attention sooner rather than later.
Then, again very generally, 2016s probably are best left alone for some time, but a number (at least of the limited winemakers I focus on so far) of the 2017s are showing very nicely right now. 2018s also should be left alone for now. 2019s are trickier (unlike many others here, when I tried both of Kelley’s 2019s I picked up BD15, I didn’t think either were very open/generous, so they now are tucked away; Marcus suggests his '19s are best left alone for now, and I’ve learned I don’t want to open any of my iOTAs until at least 7 or 8 years post-vintage and I fortunately can keep picking those up with some bottle age).
Of course, I am sick with love for the PGC 2021s 
and they continue to blow me away whenever I open one. 
But back to Kelley’s wonderful BD16 vertical: I think I will take a peek at the '14 next. 
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Great stuff here Terry! For the 2016 Momtazi, I posted on it when I was half way through my first glass. It got progressively more tasty and inviting with each sip, with the last glass being absolutely lip-smacking. So while this has many years of good life ahead of it, you would not hate yourself for opening it sooner!
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Of the Momtazi BD16 vertical, I’m not sure I’ll make it to '15 this year. It’s an education to try them vertically. However, for this group, longevity seems to increase with every subsequent vintage. My sense is that this is for multiple reasons: the winery’s growing skills, a series of warm but relatively problem free growing seasons after '13, finally a cool spring/warm summer in 2017 that bodes well for aging.
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2019 Maresh Vineyard Royal Ann Block PN:
We decided to take a small and temporary break from Lent and cracked this open. And this did not disappoint : an intriguing alternating sweet strawberry and sour cherry (or was it the reverse?), slight mint. But what really leaps out is the transparency of this wine, the sublimated but unavoidable sense of earth/stone delivered by the wine’s limpidness. It’s terroir, but it’s not particularly Burgundian. That’s not a bad thing for me: I want different (even if adjacent) things from my Burgundies and my Oregon PNs. And this delivers what I want in Oregon in spades.
The other major thing about this wine is that it’s in its closed phase right now. Clearly in transition, this wine is still a pleasure to drink but clearly will be so much more on another 3-5 years. So glad I have a few more of these. Love these wines!
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437 more years in purgatory for you John, was it worth it?
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Is that still within the drinking window?
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