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<h2> The 2005 Laurène...one of the finest Oregon pinot noirs yet made. </h2><br>"The 2005 Laurène has just been released, and I don't feel the least hesitation in declaring this one of the finest Oregon pinot noirs yet made."
Matt Kramer: The Oregonian, Oct. 12, 2008
"It's an exemplar of the 2005 vintage, which created some of Oregon's most austere, potentially long-lived and detailed pinot noirs. Laurène 2005, one of the last-released among the 2005s, captures the style and depth of this exceptional vintage.
Dense, rich, buttoned-down yet still delivering surprising breadth of flavor right now, the 2005 Laurène offers strong notes of game and leather (the effect of the Pommard clone of pinot noir that makes up about one-third of the blend), along with spices and an invigorating, faintly medicinal note. All of that is buoyed by an intense, dimensional wild cherry savor, among other classic berryish pinot noir flavor notes.
Experience reveals that Laurène will do nothing but improve -- and considerably so -- over the next decade. This is surely so with a vintage like 2005.
Is it worth the $65 asking price? In a word: absolutely. (Distributor is Young's Columbia.) Worth noting: Relatively few Oregon pinot noirs are offered in what are known as “large formats,” which is collector talk for oversize bottles. Domaine Drouhin Oregon is one of the few to regularly offer these large formats. Apart from theatrics -- and there's no doubting that bringing a magnum to the table rather than two regular-size (750 milliliter) bottles makes an impact -- do large-format bottlings make any difference? The answer is “yes.” Wines do seem to age slower and longer in big bottles. Collectors buy them because they bring higher prices at auction. Others like them because they say “special occasion” like nothing else. Laurène 2005 is available in magnums (1.5 liters) for $150 and jeroboams (3 liters) for $325."]]><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.domainedrouhin.com/en/index.php' title=''></a><br>
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