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ChangeMe
Grape Picker
Posts:15
 | | 11/16/2005 4:36 PM |
| | Just curious if anyone out there has heard anything about the '04 Vintage. I am familiar with the winery but have not to date tasted the wines from this vineyard. Any information on the '04 would be appreciated ... as well as your thoughts on the past vintages. Thanks! | | | |
| ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 11/16/2005 5:02 PM |
| | Buy all the 2002s you can get, except for the Wahle. | | | |
| max
Grape Fermenter
Posts:579
| | 11/16/2005 5:34 PM |
| Winebee, I've not had any of the Ken Wright Cellars wines but if you will try the 'search function' at the top of the page, it will most likely give you the information you need.
By the way, glad to see you finally posting. There's a lot of knowledge on this forum so don't be a stranger. | | | |
| ChangeMe
Grape Picker
Posts:15
| | 11/21/2005 6:08 PM |
| Thanks for tip and for your kind welcome. I am glad I have joined in as well.
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| DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2000
| | 11/22/2005 4:05 PM |
| Winebee-
Sorry, but I didn't see your post earlier (being on dial-up sucks). Here's the low down on the vintage in Oregon and Ken's wines.
2004 was a very low production year. Early viticulture problems meant that most vineyards only produced half (or less) of their usual crop. This means that most of the top producers got about .75 tons per acre. In the fall there was some rain in mid-September that hurt many of the young and/or irrigated vines. The old vines sailed past this event to a great harvest. With the low yields, the wines that were produced by the top producers are excellent, and much more typical of Oregon than the 2003's.
Ken Wright is one of the top producers in the state. His wines generally taste great right out of the gate and age moderately well, at least for the first five years. If I was buying his 2004's, I would avoid the younger vineyards (more of a chance of rot). Some of the older vineyards he uses are McCrone, Carter, Canary Hill, Freedom Hill, and Guadalupe. There are others as well. I'm not sure which ones. A word of caution - Shea is a huge vineyard and some of the vines are older than others. | |
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| Paul_H
San Francisco
Grape Puncher
Posts:890
| | 11/22/2005 5:44 PM |
| According to theKen Wright Cellars website the vineyards and age of planting are as follows:
- Abbot Claim (? but apparently quite young)
- Savoya 1999
- McCrone 1992/2000
- Nysa 1990
- Guadalupe 1989
- Shea 1989
- Meredith Mitchell 1988
- Canary Hill 1982/1983
- Carter 1983
- Elton 1983
- Freedom Hill 1980
- Wahle 1974
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| ChangeMe
Grape Picker
Posts:15
| | 11/25/2005 5:29 PM |
| | Thanks for all the info!! | | | |
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