Winemaker Notes
The Terroir Series is crafted from some of the Willamette Valley’s most respected and diverse vineyard sites. Made in small-batch fermentations at Alexana’s gravity-flow winery winemaker, Bryan Weil, selects barrels from each vineyard to compose a world-class expression of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Focused like a beam, but expressive with raspberry and savory tarragon flavors accentuated by bright minerality and snappy tannins. Drink now.
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Wine Enthusiast
In this mid price range some really good options for Willamette Valley Pinot can be found, this among them. Supple and rich with mixed berries, plum jam and a hint of pepper, it’s backed with citrus-inflected acidity. Still young and tart, it’s a wine to enjoy over the rest of the decade.
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.