Winemaker Notes
This fruit driven Pinot Noir shows beautiful dark cherry and on the nose. The medium body reveals flavors of juicy red fruit, earth, and spice against a backdrop of oak. On the palate the fruit flavors echo the nose with dark red cherry and ripe raspberry. The fruit flavors are bold up front, then take a secondary role to the earth, spice, and floral tones. The tannin's are well integrated and a streak of acidity finishes clean.
While the Willamette Valley and Pinot Noir are a like a fairy tale match made in heaven, most of Oregon is in fact, a glorious source of Pinot noir. Claiming over half of its total area under vine, Pinot noir also thrives in Southern Oregon’s Umpqua and Rogue Valleys where sedimentary and volcanic soils dominate hillside vineyards and cool temperatures create the perfect environment for Pinot noir. Also, Oregon’s Columbia Gorge is becoming increasingly popular for Pinot noir production. What sets Oregon Pinot noir apart from the Pinot of other regions, both New and Old World, is its innate combination of grace with both power and restraint.