Dundee Hill/Williamette Valley suggestions?

Good wines at a price I can afford. Thanks for the recommendation. The 2006s seemed solid across the line. I'm going to Canada for a few days after the big Cellartracker!palooza so I'll have to delay any wine purchases until after that so I don't contribute to the Canadian treasury.
The 2005 reserve pinot noir was fairly oaky. Brian described it as a 10-year wine. Anyone talk about that and how the oak integrates?
 
The 2002 Belle Pente Estate Reserve seemed to me to have enough stuffing to match the oak when it was first released, and I enjoyed it very much. With a bottle I opened last spring (age 6), the primary fruit had receded and the oak was very obvious and a little too much for me to enjoy. I will open another bottle at the 10 year point and see. I think this bottling from BP has a lot of promise, but time will tell if the oak integrates. I have some 2001 reserve but haven't tried any recently. No experience with older versions than 2001.

Sorry I will miss you in Seattle, work obligations.

If you are passing through Bellingham on the way to Canada give me a shout.
 
I liked the whites a lot. Especially the riesling. Its the best U.S.-made riesling I've tried, but admittedly that's a short list. The alcohol is a little high but everything seems balanced. The reserve pinot gris is from a failed attempt to make a dessert wine. It's definitely different and one people probably need to taste before they buy it.

The muscat had kind of a tobacco flavor to it. It was the only one I didn't like.

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