Airlie 2012 Vintner’s Blend Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Country: US / Vintner’s Blend
Variety: Pinot Noir Oregon
Winery: Airlie / Willamette Valley

Scents and flavors of beet root, rhubarb and cranberry are front and center in this stiff, tart wine with root and acidic flavors. It spent 22 months in one-third new French oak, but that doesn’t register on the palate.