Winemaker Notes
Aromas of red cherry, strawberry, sassafras, cardamom, and fig. Flavors of red cherry, clove, baking spice, fig, cassis, and cola. The finish is long with smooth tannins and acidity.
Pairs well with rotisserie chicken, sweetbreads, oven roasted vegetables, duck confit, lamb sliders, venison, chanterelle risotto, cassoulet, roast sturgeon, and bouillabaisse.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
A very fine value for an estate-grown Willamette Valley Pinot, this is juicy and fresh, mixing berries and citrus in a lovely wine bursting with energy. The fruit is the star here, though six months in 22% new oak barrels certainly helps to pull this young wine into focus. Drink it while it's young and vibrant.
Editors' Choice
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.