Winemaker Notes
The wine is fruit-forward and well balanced with ample bright red fruit flavors, medium weight, supple texture and an easy to drink appeal.
It’s very versatile with food and pairs especially well with roast chicken and pork.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
The salinity of a fresh-shucked oyster lining matches up with aromas of raspberries and marshmallows toasting over a beach campfire. The wine’s viscous texture and brawny tannins pair with flavors of black-cherry compote and roasted pork.
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.