91 POINTS (Cellar Selection) ~ '04 Lachini Family Estate Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley
February 2007
The best wine this estate made in 2004, this is comprised of half Pommard/half Dijon clones, aged a full year in French oak, but only one fifth new. It's quite young and tight, with sappy flavors of bright raspberry and pomegranate. Sharp, etched, almost laser-like in clarity, this beautifully structured and focused effort opens into aromas of wild berry, gravel and earth. Definitely a wine to put away for a few years. Cellar Selection P.G.
