Winemaker Notes
This lovely, full bodied pinot noir is produced from a section on our vineyard in Monroe planted in 100% Wadenswil clone. The Jessica captures black-cherry, black tea, tobacco and coffee flavors that are seamlessly combined in a rich supple utterly captivating wine that will be hard to leave in your cellar for very long.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
The named Broadley Pinots honor specific family members, but the labels convey no information about clones, blocks, etc., that might help to differentiate them. All three of the 2017s are comparable and quite good. Black cherry fruit is fully ripened, and there’s a streak of cola that can be found in all three of these wines. Barrel aging in 30% new French oak adds a seam of Nutella to the Jessica
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Wine Spectator
Plush and expressive, offering a burst of succulent raspberry flavors, laced with cinnamon and orange peel notes. Gathers richness toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2027.
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.