Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
A fine value as usual, this offers sleek, ripe red berry fruit, buoyed with juicy acidity. There are light hints of fresh herbs, and the wine overall is clean and quite refreshing. Half the fruit was sourced from Willamette Valley vineyards, the other half from southern Oregon. Editors’ Choice
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.