Winemaker Notes
On the nose, this Pinot Noir offers spicy aromas with layers of cranberry, cherry cola and violet. It is smooth and rounded on the palate with great acidity - displaying notes of red licorice, black cherry and roasted nuts followed by a lengthy finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Refined and well-structured, with expressive raspberry and rose petal aromas that open to densely layered cherry, stony mineral and black tea flavors, building tension toward fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2026.
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Wine Enthusiast
This multi-vineyard blend puts a pretty, toasty frame around plum and cherry fruit. The oak influence is well-balanced throughout, and the wine has the sort of fresh appeal that suggests enjoying it during the next couple of years while the winery’s vineyard selects grab a bit more bottle age
Home of some of the planet’s most amazingly elegant and expressive Pinot noir, the Willamette Valley is a pastoral, mixed landscape of green, bucolic rolling hills, dramatic forestlands and small, independent, friendly wine growers. As a leader in environmental stewardship, the valley has some of the nation’s most protective land use policies, with two-thirds of its vineyards farmed sustainably and over half, organically. While the valley claims a cool, continental climate, and is heavily influenced by the cold, moist winds of the Pacific Ocean, its warm and dry summers allow for the steady, even ripening of Pinot noir.
The potential of Willamette Valley Pinot noir continues to attract the investment of serious growers and winemakers both locally and from abroad, as naturally the finished wines bring accolades from professionals and enthusiasts. With a range of styles from delicate dried cherry, raspberry and hibiscus to stronger notes of truffle, mocha, plum and spice, a fine Willamette Valley Pinot noir is a perfect expression of both character and grace.