B and I were coming home from the Oregon coast this afternoon and stopped in at one of our favorite vineyards, WillaKenzie, for some wine tasting and to pick up a bottle for dinner. We tasted several yummy pinots and had a bit of a tough time deciding what to take home. While perusing the available wines for purchase, we saw the '09 Kiana. We asked if they had a bottle open to taste and unfortunately they did not. We have had the pleasure of tasting and purchasing a bottle of the Kiana before and knew how incredibly smooth and amazingly delicious it is. Of course, not being able to taste the '09 Kiana just made us want a bottle even more :) So B made an executive decision and asked to purchase the Kiana.
Sidenote: We were fortunate to taste WillaKenzie's Pinot Noir Thibaud's Couvee during our visit. It was SO TASTEY!!! If it were for sale we would have purchased some. We were told it is sold exclusively to a small group of restaurants in San Francisco. If anyone knows what these restaurants are I'd LOVE to know. I would love to grab a bite there next time I'm in San Fran. Anyhow, we got home and started making smoked chicken for dinner...we figured it would go real well with the '09 Kiana (we were right). We let the bottle sit to open for about 20 minutes. The following are my wine notes :) ruby in color slow eye-droplet looking legs nose - tobacoo, cherry and vanilla first - soft vanilla mid - berry/blackberry finish - tannins, leather, dry If you haven't been out to WillaKenzie, GO THERE. The grounds are gorgeous and the tasting room is spectacular. It's located in the Ribbon Ridge...a new personal favorite area for grape growing. Their tastings involve 6 tastes; two whites and four reds, and are $15. They waive tasting fees with any $25 purchase. Which isn't hard to do since most of their wines are between $30 and $50. The bottle of Kiana B purchased was $48 and worth every last penny. Thanks B ;) Cheers! xoxo, kegw
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