2012 Janus Pinot Noir
In Roman mythology, Janus is the God representing balance for new beginnings and endings, the future and the past, and the connecting doorways. Janus is our flagship. It possesses the richest, most vibrant and intense blend that we produce. This wine is the ultimate expression of Pinot Noir!
Wine Spectator score 92
Root beer, bacon, blackberry, dark fruits, smoked meat, rose petal, plum and damson cherry. This wine has such a beautiful perfume! Clove and Chinese five spice over a lush mouthfeel of ripe cherry, red plum and strawberry.
The Janus is rich and full bodied, fruit forward with round velvety plushness and a finish of bright acidity and ripe red fruits. This is a hedonistic pleasure and absolutely a pleasure to drink.
Flavor Notes
This would be a main course wine with duck and cherries, pork loin or porchetta. Lamb ribs or a fat piece of fillet covered in a buttery mushroom cream sauce would be ethereal!
Winemaking Notes
- Type
- Red
- Varietal
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Willamette Valley
- Vintage
- 2012
- Vineyards
- 76% Brooks Estate, 21% Temperance Hill, 3% of Big Cheese, Sunny Mountain & Muska
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 1478
- Aging
- 18 Months
- Crush format
- Hand Sorted and 100% Destemmed
- Fermentation
- 18 Months in French Oak Barrels
- Bottling date
- 2014-06-04
- Vessel
- French Oak Barrels
- Alcohol percentage
- 13.2
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