Brian Hearty

9.2

2021. Delicious Cherry and cola flavors paired great with a seared medium rare duck breast. — a year ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.4

64% Cab 30% Merlot 3 % cab franc 3 % Petit Verdot 90 points across the board on release, time heals all wounds!
K&L notes as follows.
Another $45.00 Steal

I often imagine the vine as a family tree, stretching back centuries, in this case, to 1550 or so, when La Louvière acquired its name from the many hungry wolves (louves) that roamed the deep forests of the Graves, well before the construction of the elegant 18th century chateau that adorns the label of this flagship wine. This brief history lesson makes me appreciate even more the imposing qualities of the 2005 La Louvière, a wine with a lot of time on its hands. Firm and taut as a young wolf, with the strong heart to endure and improve for a decade or more, gracefully maturing into a benchmark Pessac-Léognan, stylish and fleshier, more supple and savoury as the willful tannins are further seduced by the dark and persuasive fruit. If you really can't wait, then bite the cork, figuratively, and decant for an hour before enjoying with gently-braised lamb shanks. — 5 years ago

Kaitlin Ohlinger

9.4

One word wine, one word review: obsessed. #delectableapp — 11 years ago

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.4

If there's a finer west coast Loire style Franc, I need to know about it. — 12 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

Great aperitif light dinner wine on a hot night. Nose shows gorgeously pure orchard fruit, a little wet straw, and a bit of crushed stone. Great balance and brightness on the palate, with very nice acids and spritely minerality zooming the fruit along. It’s Pinot Blanc, so don’t expect great depth or complexity, but it sure is fun to drink. Fantastic value. — 2 years ago

Rodney Rosser

9.2

Gift from Pam the winemaker — 5 years ago

Rodney Rosser

9.4

Brambly and dusty in a good way — 5 years ago

Spencer Raymond

9.7

Tastes nice. Not on the wine. Fruit forward for sure but not too much. Compare to idealist. $12 willful salty and rich. Earthy but not dirt earth. — 10 years ago

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.1

Delightful Pinotbubbles — 12 years ago

Geoff Fairbourne

9.5

Выпито с Еленой. Красные ягоды с сильным вкусом табака и предложением земельных запахов. Отличный экземпляр орегонского пино — 4 years ago

K Brooks

9.0

Quite nice with Pat’s grilled steaks ($19) flavorful and balanced — 5 years ago

Rodney Rosser

9.0

Reminiscent of meursault slash ladioux — 5 years ago

Andrew Lohse

9.3

this is the kind of wine you buy on spec as a vote of confidence that you'll soon have some unexpected moment of good fortune—willful superstition, your Tony Robbins Reserva, your crypto ambrosia—and the more you believe, the better it works. $50. — 5 years ago

Joshua Crisp

9.2

Wild and willful, Raptor Ridge's 2012 Meredith Mitchell Vineyard Pinot Noir follows in suit of past vintages: she does what she wants. A perfume-y nose of sour cherries, strawberry-rhubarb, sage, eucalyptus, summer pine needles, and fresh mushrooms, giving way to a buxom and juicy wine of bright red cherries, currants, orange rind, and gooseberries. She mellows to red plums and brown pears, finishing with wet river stones, meadow soils, conditioned new leather, and a lasting impression of ripe green apples that will be sure to to tempt you in future openings. Giver her time - she will come around. — 12 years ago