2016 Tendril Extrovert Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes
Aromas of ripe raspberry, dark cherry, pipe tobacco, orange pekoe tea, and ripe plum. The palate is full and round with flavors of black raspberry, caramel, vanilla, dark plum, and candy cane beets with a long velvety finish.
Pairings
Veal osso buco, pork fried rice or vegetarian lasagna.
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Wine Data
Varietal Composition
100% Pinot Noir
AVA
100% Willamette Valley
90% Yamhill-Carlton
10% Eola-Amity Hills
Aging and Cooperage
18 months in French oak barrels; 40% new
Bottled:
April 2018
Cases Produced:
248
Recommendations
92
Wine Enthusiast – 2016 Tendril Extrovert Pinot Noir
Mixed floral aromas of clover and violets open into a mélange of mulberries and blueberries. Sourced principally from Yamhill-Carlton fruit, this hints gently at earth and stem. Aging 18 months in 40% new French oak adds a lightly toasty note.
1 October 2020Wine Enthusiast93
Vinous – 2016 Tendril Extrovert Pinot Noir
Deep, vivid red. Mineral-accented black raspberry, cherry cola and floral scents are complemented by allspice and licorice notes and a smoky nuance that builds in the glass. Concentrated yet lively, offering palette-caressing red and blue fruit, spice cake and rose pastille flavors braced by a spine of minerality. Finishes very long and smooth, displaying lingering red berry liqueur and five-spice powder qualities and rounded, even tannins.
1 August 202092
Robert Parker Wine Advocate – 2016 Tendril Extrovert Pinot Noir
The 2016 Pinot Noir Extrovert blossoms slowly on the note: blackberries, blueberries, and black cherries give way to notes of potting soil, tar, dried herbs and floral touches. The palate is concentrated and plushly fruited, firm but juicy and with a long finish. Well done!
23 April 2020