Winemaker Notes
They say nothing worth having ever comes easy. And Pinot Noir really likes to make Cooper Mountain work for it. But in that perfect year, under the perfect set of circumstances, Pinot Noir will reward you with a celestial experience. This wine expresses forest floor fruit. Blackberry, blueberry, and raspberry round out the velvet balanced structure and in her finesse.
She compliments a wide array of cuisine like beef, duck, chicken, salmon, or lamb.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This is red-fruited with notes of leafy herbs and bitter spices. Medium-bodied with a slightly tart fruit character, yet it is crunchy and fresh. Flavorful and floral finish.
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.