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DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Racker
Posts:1997
 | | 01/08/2004 3:30 AM |
| I bought this at release, four years ago. I think it was around $35.
Opaque, deep garnet color. Pure black cherry nose. Strong black cherries, blueberries, and a few blackberries on the palate, with a little cinnamon and white pepper as well. Just a hint of fine-grained tannins evident, good structure, and a nice long cherry finish. While very, very nice right now, my first impression was that this is still a baby. Drink now to 2010. 92 points. | |
Heater Allen Brewing
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| DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Racker
Posts:1997
| | 08/24/2005 3:10 AM |
| | I opened up my last 750 of this tonight. In the last year and a half this wine has picked up a little bit of brett (I brought this wine down with me last September and it sat at room temp for four months) that was overwhelmed by other flavors after about an hour. The blackberries have become more evident versus the black cherries as well. The intensity/resinosity of the wine is outstanding. I have a magnum left that I won't think about opening for at least another year. 94 points. | |
Heater Allen Brewing
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| Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Fermenter
Posts:401
| | 01/29/2007 11:10 PM |
| | You're holding because you expect further improvements, or because it's your last bottle? I have just a single 750... | | | |
| DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Racker
Posts:1997
| | 01/30/2007 4:01 AM |
| Actually I'm still holding the magnum. I work part-time at Brick House, and I've had the opportunity to taste the wine a number of times since my last post. It has shown wonderfully on all occasions. I haven't been posting any notes on Brick House wines because of the potential conflict of interest.
I attended a tasting about nine months ago with 18 of the top Oregon 1998s, and while all the wines were superb, the Brick House CdT and St Innocent Seven Springs were thought to be the class of the tasting.
I've had just about every vintage of Doug's wines in the last year, and with the exception of a couple of marginal vintages (95 and 97 come to mind), all have been great. As for my magnum, I don't really expect it to improve - just looking for the right opportunity to open it. | |
Heater Allen Brewing
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| Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Fermenter
Posts:401
| | 01/30/2007 6:13 AM |
| It's my opinion that you've been plenty open about your relationship with BH (I am somewhat curious what you do for them) and I think, personally, that it's better for the site to have you write reviews about a winery that you have some entanglement with than to say nothing. The Oregon tasting notes section is scant enough as it is...
If nothing else, you give us more data points for calibration. You have several BH reviews on the site already, but none of them happen to be wines I've tasted, so I can't gauge yet whether my high expectations are warranted.
I'm looking forward to drinking this one, and will definitely report back here... | | | |
| Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10777
| | 01/30/2007 2:28 PM |
| | DukeRiley - I think it's perfectly acceptable for you to discuss Brickhouse as long as you disclose your involvement. A simple *I'm affiliated with this winery* with the applicable post swould do it. Your tasting notes are interesting so please post away. | | | |
| DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Racker
Posts:1997
| | 01/30/2007 4:48 PM |
| Conform,
My main function at Brick House is to help Doug build his direct to consumer sales. This ranges from helping put on events, to maintaining the customer list, to making pricing recommendations, to shipping wine. I built Doug a simple system to keep track of who buys his wine - type quantity, etc. This gives us a better idea of who to keep on the mailing list, who to invite to functions, etc. So far we've been able to grow direct to consumer sales from about 40% to over 60% (a small vintage helped some). I also do some odd stuff around the winery, mostly because I want to understand the processes.
All of this is leading up to my own project, which will be beer oriented rather than wine oriented, but will be built using a winery model. When I get my license I'll make an announcement here.
Winetex, I'll get back to posting notes! | |
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