2001 EIEIO Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

[dananne]

Well, we finally got around to the other one of this bottling, our last of the EIEIO '01. It was a celebration for us, and it was selected on purpose. Anne and I have contracted on a 25 acre farm with a pretty 1880s farmhouse outside the central MO town of Fayette, about 30 minutes NW of Columbia. The property features mostly rolling pastureland, a small bit of timber, several ponds, a creek, and a workshop/barn. We'll spend the next couple of years fixing it up and using it as a vacation house/2nd home, and we'll eventually retire to it in a few years time. We're really excited about it. It means Anne will finally be able to get her goats, and I'll finally be able to sink a few rows of Norton vines into the ground.

Anyway, about the wine . . . The notes above stand, for the most part. If anything, it tasted more of earth and minerals, with the same core of cherry and spice, delivered with that silky texture. Nice stuff, and a nice way to enjoy our farm-y news!