Paul Gregutt is a Contributing Editor for?Wine Enthusiast?magazine, a founding member of the magazine?s Tasting Panel, and reviews the wines of Oregon and Canada. The author of the critically-acclaimed?Washington Wines & Wineries?The Essential Guide, he consulted on the Pacific Northwest entries in current versions of?The World Atlas of Wine?and?The Oxford Companion to Wine.
This new vintage is spicy, with minty highlights around core flavors of lemon oil, orange peel, apple and white peach. It spent 10 months in one-quarter new French oak, and there's a gentle pat of buttery flavor in the finish.