Red Door Cellars 2009 Pinot Noir

The Winery:  Red Door Cellars
The Wine:  2009 Pinot Noir
The Price:  $14.99 at QFC

Red Door cellars is a part of Precept Wines. I'm not quite sure what Precept is all about.  They call themselves, "a producer of wines."  But a very large number of brands fall under Precept.

Anyway, Red Door claims to be, "a portal to Oregon's finest Pinot Noir."  That is a mighty bold statement.  Especially coming from a $15 bottle of Pinot Noir.

The bottle was stopped with a natural cork and decanted an hour before sampling.  The wine is much lighter in appearance than I come to expect from Oregon Pinots.  It is a very light burgundy color.

The wine has a light cherry aroma and an even lighter leather aroma and a touch of moss.

As the color and aroma would portend, this is an extremely light Pinot Noir.  It has predominantly a cherry flavor with a bit of a pepper finish.

This wine is a much lighter style than I prefer, which is pretty typical of the sub-$30 Pinot Noirs.  It has good aroma and flavor, just not as much as I'd like.  So while it's a good wine, it falls far short of Red Door Cellars' claim to being Oregon's finest Pinot Noir.  I must say, however, that it is one of the best Oregon Pinots that I've found in the $10-$20 range.