Winemaker Notes
Pairs well with beef, duck confit and savory or roasted vegetable dishes.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
The tangy berry fruit flavors are framed with highlights of herb, earth and stem in this wine, all in fine balance. Aging 16 months in French oak adds a nice touch of toast as it glides through a lingering finish that shows the tannic muscle to age. Drink now–2030.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Apolloni Vineyards Estate Pinot Noir shows excellent weight on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers aromas and flavors of savory spices, dried earthy notes, and ripe fruits. Serve it with grilled lamb kebabs. (Tasted: December 7, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
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.