Winemaker Notes
Perfumed notes of violets, lavender, blueberries, dark cherries, nutmeg and thyme. It’s medium-bodied with tight-grained tannins and bright acidity. Textured, layered and complex. Long. Drink or hold. Named after Victoria’s daughter and Colene’s granddaughter, Adriane is an estate cuvée composed of specifically selected barrels that possess deep, concentrated flavors and a persistent finish.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
A deep jeweled ruby hue, the 2021 Pinot Noir Adriane is floral and perfumed with aromas of fresh violets, fresh moss-covered earth, and kirsch. Medium-bodied, with supple fruit throughout, it offers sweet tannins, fresh acidity, and a long finish and retains good freshness without any harsh acidity.
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James Suckling
Fragrant aromas of raspberries, cherry stones, potpourri, thyme and white sesame here. Saline undertones, too. What vibrancy and freshness, all locked into a medium body and accompanied by tight tannins. Drink or hold.
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Wine Spectator
Tense and structured, yet intense raspberry and pomegranate flavors shine through, revealing crushed stone and savory forest floor accents that build toward broad-shouldered tannins.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
The Chehalem Mountains is a northwest-southeast span of several distinct mountains, ridges and peaks in the northern part of the Willamette Valley. Of all of Willamette Valley's smaller AVAs, it is closest to the city of Portland. Its highest summit, Bald Peak at an elevation of 1,633 feet, serves to generate cooler air for the rest of the AVA and its hillside vineyards. The region covers 70,000 acres but only 1,600 acres are planted to vines; soils of the Chehalem Mountains are a mix of basalt, ocean sediment and loess.