Erath Willamette Valley Estate Selection 2018 Pinot Noir, $21.92-$27.99, 90 points, poured a medium cranberry red with a garnet penumbra, a broad clear meniscus, and many thin cascading legs.
Aromas of perfumed black cherry, floral red cherry, autumn underbrush, and Pinot Noir specific grape were pleasant if not profound.
This Estate Selection was a medium-bodied dry red wine, with good acidity, mellow round tannins, and a grape juicy flavor profile, what I think of as an anti-Sideways Melot-like Pinot, a bit herbaceous, but with a finish that wouldn't quit and showed a hint of mint surfacing through a rather innocuous 13.5% alcohol.
Paired perfectly with my spice-rubbed center porkchops.
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