Back in Oregon! It's been more than just a while ... I am afraid! I hope this will change in the near future! This time I have had the pleasure to make acquaintance with rather big Buttercup! Buttercup might be a big one! The Pinot Noir right “behind“ Buttercup wasn't like that at all! Originating from eight quite different sites of the northern Willamette Valley Buttercup – or rather boringly stiff and formal: Big Table Farm's Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2016 – showed wonderfully gentle, super sappy and cool Willamette Valley characteristics! Buttercup's theine was a bit faint and unusually dark ruby for a Pinot Noir. Its nose showed plenty of funky Oregon Pinot spices, rose petals, nutmeg, a hint of mocha, maybe some dark pepper, a whiff of oaky vanilla, fresh juicy plums and dried dark cherries. On the palate the Oregon funk voluptuousness – in this very case quite a good and becoming expression I assume; normally voluptuous vibes are not really me– showed tons of moist undergrowth, volcanic fire, flint, dried roses etc. The fruit aromas of plums, dark cherries and some pomegranate were super sappy and crystal clear ... in case this is somehow possile to have ... oh nooo, I better shut my sceptical mug! The tannins were already suprisingly silky! However there was some solid and convincing structure to Buttercup. The touch of vanilla and 0.3 to 0.5 % dispensable alcohlol … Well, I chose to ignore! It was simply too much fun and the quaffability qualities were faar to persuasive! A downright very decent ***** Pinot pleasure!
