2001 EIEIO Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

[dananne]

Thanks, Jane, and I'll be looking forward to any notes about your evening, sketchy as they may be! It'd be interesting to get additional opinions on the subject of blends versus single vineyard wines. In Oregon, many have somewhat staked their PN reputation on the quality of juice from a handful of vineyards from all of the tiny sub-appellations, but sometimes I'll drink a great Willamette blend and I'll wonder why few continue to do it. It would seem to be a logical way to put out a consistent product, both in quality and style, given the vagaries of vintage, microclimates, soil types, clonal selections, etc.

BTW, on a completely different topic, I'm attending Wine South this weekend, and I'll also be at the more intimate and private pre-event on Friday night. With Anne gone in Milwaukee on a trial for the next TWO MONTHS, I'll have little else to do than post a complete report afterwards [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]