Crater Lake, (Eola Hills Wine Cellars), Pinot Gris, 2007
I took a family fishing trip to Diamond Lake over the Labor Day weekend. For dinner one of the nights we went to the Crater Lake Lodge -- which looks over the magnificent Crater Lake. It is the deepest lake in North America, and arguably the most beautiful.
Yeah, that's a mountain that blew up and a lake formed inside. The rim around the lake is the remnants of that mountain. And that island is lava dome that formed after the explosion (like a 100 times greater than Mount St. Helens). Seriously beautiful.
There at the Crater Lake lodge restaurant we had a great meal, and some wine. One of those was a private labeled Pinot Gris (made by Eola Hills Wine Cellars). The nose was honey dew melon, green apple, some light green vegetable. The taste was apple and pea pod, and it was acidic -- but not that super lemon citrus -- almost like an effervesce. While that acid hits hard right at the start, it almost instantly drops off -- leaving a clean finish and smooth (after your mouth is burnt off). It tastes green like the label.
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6.5 