title: Loring Wine Company 2006 Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)
description: This is the first wine made from Oregon grapes by this southern California winery. But one can't help but wonder if shipping fruit all the way down the coast might bang it up a bit. For whatever reason, this wine tastes fractured, metallic and chalky. There is a core of black cherry, but it seems surrounded by gun-metal flavors, which stick to the palate and abruptly shut down the finish.
variety: Pinot Noir
designation: Shea Vineyard