Argyle - Pinot Noir Nuthouse Eola-Amity Hills 2021 (750ml)
| Producer | Argyle |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Oregon |
| Subregion | Eola-Amity Hills |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Item# | 66130 |
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Argyle Description
Nuthouse Pinot Noir highlights the structured, yet refined character of the Eola-Amity Hills. Blended between their two sites, the core of the wine is Lone Star Vineyard, while being accented with a small amount of Spirit Hill Vineyard. Red Cherry, blueberry, and violet are buoyed by a dense core of fresh, vibrant acidity. The wine opens with sleekness and elegance and finishes with persistent, yet polished tannin. Cold soaking and fermenting in small, 1.5-ton fermenters enhances silky texture, while 10% whole cluster inclusion increases freshness, complexity, and length.
Jeb Dunnuck: 94 Points
Offering loads of classic appeal, the 2021 Pinot Noir Nuthouse pours a reflective ruby hue and opens with a perfume of red cherry, cola spice, and mossy earth. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the palate with rounded fruit up front before revealing ripe tannins and a more savory undercurrent of umami richness. It’s hard to resist now but will benefit from another year in bottle. Drink 2025-2030.
Vinous: 92 Points
The 2021 Pinot Noir Nuthouse is exotic in the glass, with cascading florals and foreign spices complicating dried strawberries. This soothes with its juicy textures and ripe red and blue fruits as a core of juicy acidity adds a lovely inner freshness, and sweet herbs amass toward the close. Chalky minerals linger as the mouth waters for more and gentle grippy tannins add youthful poise. Very nice. 20% whole clusters and 25% new French oak.
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