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King Estate Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2015

Total Wine and More mailed me a coupon for 25% off a $100 purchase.  The great thing about this coupon was that it did not apply only to "winery direct" wines but could be used on any wine except those whose price ended in $.97.   When I get a coupon like this, I always use it on name brand wines that are not priced with the $.97 ending.  The trick to maximize the coupon is to exceed the $100 amount by as little as possible and I did really well by selecting wines that totaled $101.49.  One of the wines I selected was King Estate Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2015.  This wine is priced at $22.49 but with my coupon, I paid $16.92.

The King Estate Winery is at the south end of the Willamette Valley AVA, southwest of Eugene Oregon.  Their estate vineyards are managed using bio-dynamic methods.  The grapes for this Pinot Noir are from the estate vineyards blended with grapes from other Willamette Valley growers who use sustainable practices.

Some Oregon Pinot Noir wines are very red fruit focused and you will taste cherry, strawberry and raspberry flavors.  Other Oregon Pinot Noir wines are more dark fruit focused and you will taste more dark cherry and blackberry flavors.  The 2015 King Estate Pinot Noir Willamette Valley falls more in the dark fruit style.  There are some red fruit flavors but the dark fruit flavors dominate.  I have to say that I prefer this wine to the red fruit style wines.  The 2016 vintage of this wine is also available at this time and the winery's tasting notes indicate that it may be less dark fruit focused.

SC Wine Joe rating = 90 points










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