Rated: 89 pts - The Wine Advocate
Rated: 87 pts - Wine Enthusiast

Wine Color: Red
Vintage: 2009
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Style: Still
Size: 750ml
Origin: North America > United States > Oregon > Rogue Valley

Food Pairing: Beef Steak, BBQ
Taste: Balanced, Full Bodied

The Wine Advocate 89 pts - Jay Miller
Foris Vineyards' 2009 Pinot Noir from the Rogue Valley AVA offers up aromas of earthy minerals, clove, incense, and black cherry. This sets the stage for a sweetly-fruited, easy-going, tasty wine with good depth and concentration. Drink it over the next 5-6 years.

Wine Enthusiast 87 pts - Paul Gregutt
Foris wines reveal a winemaker with a deft touch on both white wines and Pinot Noir. Nuanced scents and accents of berry, herb, earth and stem come together in this subtle, balanced, and honest wine. There is no fakery or blending trickery to boost the color or tannins.

Description:
The 2008 vintage was distinctive for being a little cooler than usual. For Pinot Noir in the Rogue Valley, that's a good thing. And as the fruit was harvested, we became excited that the vintage had the potential to be outstanding, with a lot of careful tending to the details in the winery. The wine exhibits fragrant fruit notes of blackberry, boysenberry and cherry with lots of spice. Five Spice, lavender, sandalwood and the aroma of a loamy cedar forest are quite forward. Well integrated French oak and fine tannins are a bit firm on entry, yet will become more voluptuous over time. The wine straddles the stylistic fence between being a forward, pretty, feminine style yet with enough structure, dark fruit and spice character that veers towards a more masculine style.

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