Winemaker Notes
This "Estate" Pinot Noir showcases the power of their site. It is composed of a variety of blocks containing older and newer vines, representing a cross-section of flavors from our unique terroir. This offering allows a larger number of consumers to experience the "Broadley difference" at an affordable price."
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Earthy forest floor and savory/meaty notes surround this wine's dark plum and cranberry aromas. Bright red cherries dominate the palate, joined by bittersweet dark chocolate and black coffee flavors. Brisk acidity and firm fine-grained tannins offer able support.
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Wine Spectator
Plush and polished, this Pinot serves up generous accents of raspberry, orange peel and black tea that glide on the long, supple finish. Drink now through 2032. 900 cases made.
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.