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Wine Reviews
1997 Pinot Noir
From: The Midwest Wine & Cigar Connection, January 2001
Text by: John Breitlow
John Breitlow’s Picks
King Estate 1997 Oregon Pinot Noir — Splendidly balanced, lighter-styled premium red dinner wine with complex berry flavors and fragrances, with hints of spices and roses, long and lightly oaked finish.
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From: The Colorado Wine News, January - March 2001
King Estate
The 1997 Pinot Noir, Oregon, $20, aged for 10-12 months in French oak, 25% new, and has a light bouquet of berry, huckleberry, cherry, and raspberry which continue on the sweet fruit palate which adds light tannins before a medium length, focused finish.
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From: The Insiders' Wine Line, Volume 4 Number 2
King Estate, 1997 Pinot Noir, Oregon
The 1997 Pinot Noir, Oregon has a perfumed bouquet and flavors of raspberry, fresh plum, cedar, white pepper and spice. The flavors are clean and bright followed by a fruity finish.
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From: Northwest Palate, November/December 2000
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Recommended
King Estate
1997 Pinot Noir, OR $18
Light brick garnet color. Alcohol and mint aroma. Light-bodied and austere on the palate, with cherry fruit and toast in the finish. Serve with a platter of antipasto.
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From: Connoisseurs' Guide, November 2000
Pinot Noir
King Estate 1997, Oregon
In all ways a smaller, less involving wine than its richer partner above, this light, slightly rounded Pinot is generally wanting in fruit and tilts somewhat towards thinness before fading away in a narrow, mildly bitter finish.
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From: The Wine Iconoclast, October/November 2000
King Estate 1997 Pinot Noir, $20
Not flashy, but for a '97, doggone nice. Musty, cherry aromas, flavors favoring plum, with substantial tannins, nice weight, coats the mouth like paint.
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