Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
Ripe and rich yet quite elegant; silky and lush with lovely ripe cherry and graceful flavors that hold hints of gentle spices; showing great depth and finesse, complex and of a piece; long, seductive and exquisite.
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Wine & Spirits
Soft florals with notes of tea overlay this wine's vibrant cherry fruit, which gets more exuberant with air. There's a brisk tension to the flavors that provides plenty of drive. The herbal bottom note suggests a match with thyme-roasted chicken.
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Wine Spectator
Light and refreshing, this offers cherry, red plum and exotic spice flavors that mingle effortlessly and dance deftly through the refined finish.
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.