Winemaker Notes
This wine offers aromas of vanilla-dusted roses, black cherry, fresh picked raspberries and cocoa powder. The palate is fresh and complex, with vibrant red fruit, fresh leaves and black tea. Impeccably structured, poised and sophisticated. A true representation of a Willamette Valley terroir-driven wine.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Refined, if slightly brooding, with precise flavors of blueberry and raspberry. Offers river stone, forest floor and dusky spice accents as this builds tension and power toward medium-grained tannins.
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Wine Enthusiast
This wine's saline sea-breeze and campfire-smoke aromas, matched by dark plums, will place you squarely on the nearest beach. Expect elevated acidity to light up the palate, with flavors like tart red cherries, ginger and black tea with honey. Pair with s'mores and “The Endless Summer” soundtrack LP.
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.