Winemaker Notes
Floral, strawberry, vanilla, and mint aromas. This wine draws long on the palate with mouthwatering acidity, and a light but discernible structure. Delicate and fresh, with the crystalline texture of a cooler vintage. Raspberry, orange pith, blackberry, and dark chocolate flavors.
Pair with spaghetti Bolognese, pork tenderloin and green salad with citrus vinaigrette.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This is one complex set of aromas, with red currants and dark chocolate morphing into rose hips, balsa wood and espresso shots. The flavors of strawberries, black pepper, thyme and lemon zest are fresh and vibrant. The acidity is lip-smacking, while the tannins are subtle.
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James Suckling
Raspberries, redcurrants, strawberries, cinnamon and crushed stones on the nose. Chocolate orange, too. Juicy and bright, with a wealth of sweet red berry fruit framed by silky tannins. Tasty finish. Drink or hold.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Spicy and pure, the 2021 Pinot Noir Grand Assemblage pours a deep ruby and offers aromas of ripe raspberry, forest herbs, and roses. Medium-bodied, with crunchy red fruit, ripe tannins, and good length, this classic and refreshing red delivers fresh, pure fruit. It’s drinking well now and will drink nicely over the next few years.
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Wine Spectator
Plush and fruit-forward, with jammy raspberry and blueberry flavors laced with spiced tea and orange peel. Drink now through 2029.
In 2002, founder Joe Dobbes embarked on the journey to create Dobbes Family Estate & Wine By Joe, a testament to his passion for crafting exceptional wines. Today, Dobbes Family Winery lives out the family ethos embedded in the name, encompassing everyone into their circle – from their founder to their cherished guests, vineyard partners, and team, to those who savor their wines all over the world.
They continue to work with Joe's trusted vineyard partners of 30+ years and have brought on a few of their own to showcase the very best of Oregon—windswept ridges and fertile valley floors, the terroir of Oregon is as varied as it is breathtaking.
The Dobbes wine portfolio is an invitation to taste the limitless possibilities of Oregon wine.
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.