Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
Earth-toned aromas of plum and black raspberry are mesmerizing. Juicy black cherry melds with tilled soil and mushroom on the palate, creating a creaminess accented by dried herbs. The wine is aged in a mixture of stainless steel and oak for seven months before being racked clean prior to blending and bottling.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: Let me introduce you to the pristine beauty of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. This marginal growing region in the United States has provided the marketplace with some of America's finest examples of this grape variety. The 2016 Cedar + Salmon shows excellent purity and depth of fruit. TASTING NOTES: This wine is exhibits superb balance and style. Its bright red and black fruits are nicely interlaced with nuances of creamy oak. Its lively and bright palate should pair it well with pan-fried salmon. (Tasted: June 26, 2018, 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.