2000 Archery Summit Pinot Noir Amis Cuvée Rouge
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Revealing blackberry and licorice aromas, the dark-colored 2000 Pinot Noir Premier Cuvee has an expansive, medium-bodied core of blackberries, brambleberries, spices, and grilled oak flavors. It is a highly extracted, firm, rustic, tannic wine whose fruit may well have trouble surviving its hard backbone. Those readers who enjoy taking risks should age this wine for 4-5 years before approaching it in the hope its tannins will soften; others should drink up. The 2000 vintage is the last produced by Archery Summit's winemaking team of Gary Andrus and Sam Tannahill, both men having departed to begin other ventures. Tel. (503) 864-4300
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Medium red. Red fruits, sassafras and oak on the nose. Possesses decent concentration, but the wine's oak element dominates the fruit. A bit hollow in the middle. Finishes slightly dry, with decent length.