2005 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

Wine Advocate - 92 Points

The 2005 Pinot Noir is a blend of several vineyards. It offers an excellent nose of pain grille, cinnamon, rose petal, cassis, and black cherry. This leads to a rich, layered wine with more baby fat than is typical in 2005. The wine has lots of guts, with plenty of depth, concentration, and a long, pure finish. Cellar it for 3-5 years and drink it through 2025. ROCO Wine Cellar is owned and operated by Rollin and Corby Soles and includes their 7-acre Wit's End Vineyard. Rollin Soles has been the winemaker at Argyle Winery since 1987. Drink 2010-2025

Wine Spectator - 92 Points

Smooth, velvety and generous with its black cherry and sage flavors, wrapped nicely in a soft cloak of fine tannins as the finish rolls on. Has presence and grace. Drink now through 2012. - Harvey Steiman

Tasting Notes

This wine is a blend of the winemaker's favorite Willamette Valley Pinot Vineyards including his own Wit's End Vineyard. Tasted early, this wine already is a winner. During the cool extended fall of 2005 Rollin had the advantage of more than two decades of Oregon wine making to handle this especially cold, wet vintage. The wine is dark, smooth and full of rich berry flavors with wonderful cool climate Pinot Noir characteristics.

Rollin says...

Having spent only a few weeks in bottle I like the ruby red '05 Willamette Valley Pinot already. The nose reveals violet, deep black cherry, mother's roast beef and red currant jelly. I get the red currant in the front of the mouth, a mineral sweet center, and the finish is black cherry that includes a long hint of cinnamon with gripping youthful tannins.

Corby says...

Black cherry and vanilla aromas with a dusty earth scent that is typical of the Chehalem Mountain AVA. The cherry nose follows through on the tongue with honey flavors, and a sampling of vanilla, cloves and cinnamon. The wine is spicier than the '04 Willamette Valley Pinot.

Production Notes

The 2005 Private Stash is the third in a numbered series of single vineyard Pinot Noirs made exclusively from the Soles' Wits' End Vineyard. The Private Stash represents the best clones and barrel combination of each vintage.

A distinctive sense of place has emerged in ROCO Pinot Noirs. All four vintages score high for a wonderful mixture of red fruit-layered on top of rich black fruit characters finished with a topping of spice. These are the very flavors sought after in the vines and wines of the north Willamette Valley.

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