The coldest vintage in Willamette Valley history. Malics were high and while malic/lactic offer bright acidity, they have low strength and do little to aid in bottles aging well. The 2011s have come into a lovely window but should definitely be consumed soon.
2011 Souris opens a little tight, but is a beautiful wine. Very much in the Burgundian style, with lovely dark red fruits, woodsy notes, and dry red earth. While this is a pretty and elegant red fruited wine when opened, the magic trick it pulls around the 4-5 hour mark is shocking. It adds weight and aromatics evolving into a gorgeous bottle of wine. I would drink these sooner rather than later.
2011 Whistling Ridge and Durant continue to be wines with lovely aromatics and lean, harder acids and tannins. I would hold, but not give up hope (on the other hand, I am also happy to replace these wines with a more available wine if you are holding them and tired of waiting).
Whites are linear and interesting, but definitely should be drunk up in the near term.
*Under natural cork there is always a distinct amount of bottle variation. As the wines age, this variation becomes more distinct. Regarding the notes here, all wines have been tasted recently, but for all bottles YMMV.*
**This post covers Matello wines**