Winemaker Notes
Mahonia returns after taking a year off from our production. Dark and red fruits and a touch of spice with a really nice mouthfeel and juicy, lengthy finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Quite a complex, dark-fruited nose here with a thread of dark herbs, too. This has a sultry feel. The palate has a very plush, bright array of fresh, red to dark-cherry flavors, in crisp, detailed and mouthwatering mode. Drink or hold.
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Wine Enthusiast
The winery now manages and has exclusive access to this vineyard, which is solar-powered and dry-farmed. Flavors are elegant, balanced and a bit sharp, with cranberry and raspberry fruit framed with orange citrus. The length and complexity suggest that additional bottle age will bring out still more details.
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.