Carlton Cellars

Bigger Than Your Head blog's Wine of the Week

In his Bigger Than Your Head wine blog, Memphis oenophile Fredric Koeppel picked our 2010 Cannon Beach Willamette Valley Pinot Gris as the Wine of the Week of April 25, 2011. He writes:

Forgive me for waxing rhapsodic… but the Carlton Cellars Cannon Beach Pinot Gris 2010… falls certainly within the top handful of wines made from that grape in the United States of America.

The seductive bouquet teems with notes of lime peel, apple and pear, with high tones of jasmine and acacia (with its slightly astringent complexity) and deeper whiffs of dusty limestone and flint; give the wine a few moments in the glass, and whimsical hints of dried tarragon and thyme emerge.

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WSA Tasting Panel notes:

Bright, pale lemon with water-white rim. Medium intensity, youthful aromas of melon, nectarine, grapefruit and blossom. The wine is dry with medium+ acidity, medium– body and alcohol. The medium intense flavors mimic the nose, with additional notes of lemon zest, apple, and a hint of herbs. The wine has a pleasant, medium length, lemon zest finish.

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Tasting date: January 1, 2013

WSA Tasting Panel notes:

Bright, white to pale lemon. Medium-minus youthful aromas of ripe apple, green grapes, white peach, and peach blossom. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium acidity, alcohol and medium to medium-plus body. Medium intense flavors mimic the palate with notes of apple and apple skin, blossom and hints of peach and peach stone. Medium to medium-plus length.

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Tasting date: May 31, 2011

WSA Tasting Panel notes:

Bright, pale lemon-gold. The wine’s youthful, medium-intense aromas are of ripe golden apple, melon, and pear. The wine is dry, medium-bodied, with medium+ to high acidity and shows flavors of apple and pear, with citrus rind in the medium-length finish.

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Tasting date: March 9, 2010