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Argyle Winery makes top rated Oregon Pinot Noir, Oregon Chardonnay and Sparkling Wine
 

2001 Extended Tirage Brut

Extended Tirage Brut

52% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir, 3% Pinot Meunier, Sparkling Wine

Knudsen Vineyards

Willamette Valley AVA, Willamette Valley, Oregon

750ml bottles


2001 Extended Tirage Brut Tasting Notes

Honeysuckle, brioche, and honey drizzled chevre on warm toasted artisan bread are the first things to hit you on the nose of this ten year old bubbly. The next thing that grabs you about this straw colored beauty is how amazingly fine the mousse is. I have never seen an Argyle sparkling wine, with such delicate, tiny bubbles. That delicacy dances across the palate just like the old monk said, “I am drinking the stars!”. Age has brought this wine amazingly rich flavors of vanilla bean, crème brûlée, persimmon, and baked pear with delicate hints of licorice, peach, and spun sugar. It’s astounding that a flavor profile can be so creamy yet have such a defined thread of acidity woven through it, but this wine does, finishing with the clean acidity of a perfect sparkler.



 

Wine Scores and Reviews for Extended Tirage Brut

  • 2001: Wine Spectator 93   "Lithe and silky, elegant and refined, with subtle white pepper and spicy floral hints weaving through the grapefruit and pineapple flavors. Finishes with deft balance. Impressive for its length. Drink now." - Harvey Steiman
  • 2000: Wine Spectator 95 - Highly Recommended   "Refined and elegant, delivering beautifully intense layers of pear, caramel, spice and whole-grain toast that mingle seamlessly as the finish rolls on and on. The length is truly impressive, and the deftness of the balance makes this special. Drink now." - Harvey Steiman
  • 2000: Wine Advocate 93   "The 2000 Extended Tirage is made up of 54% Chardonnay and 46% Pinot Noir. Light gold in color, it displays more complex aromas and flavors with an attractive minerality added to the mix. Mouth-filling, creamy textured, and long, this pleasure-bent bubbly is meant for drinking over the next 3-4 years." - Jay Miller
  • 1999: Wine Spectator 95 - Highly Recommended   "Elegant, with very fine bubbles and complex spice, coffee, pear and toast aromas and flavors that are poised against lacy acidity and refined structure, letting the flavors sail on and on with finesse. Drink now." - Harvey Steiman
  • 1999: Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2009 - #18  
  • 1998: Wine Spectator 95   "Haunting stuff, ethereal in texture, with amazingly delicate bubbles that carry wave after wave of rich toast, spice and baked apple flavors, persisting on the elegant finish. This one has harmony, intensity and refinement. Drink now. From Oregon." - Harvey Steiman
  • 1998: Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2008 - #17  
  • 1997: Wine Spectator - 2007 Top 100 Wines of the Year (#25 of 100)   "The highest-scoring sparkling wine ever produced by a U.S. winery!"
  • 1997: Wine Spectator "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED" 94   "A stunner. Still fresh after 10 years. Pear, apple and orange marmalade flavors weave through a delicate structure and flavor profile with distinct toastiness. It's the freshness that makes this elegant sparkler special. Drink now." - Harvey Steiman
  • 1995: Wine Spectator 90  
 

Downloads for this wine:

Tasting Notes & Info Sheet
Wine Spectator Score & Notes