Winemaker Notes
The wine is a deep ruby red jewel as it sits in glass. The youthful nose is pungent cherry, cola, floral rose, miso and wood-grilled quail. The palate is pure and vibrant as if eating a bowl of raspberry sorbet while breathing in the dark fresh minerality of a damp old- growth forest.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A very reductive and edgy nose that carries a strong array of wild-herb and sous-bois aromas with bright red fruit and a big hit of toasty oak, as well as meaty ferment-derived reduction. The palate has a strikingly fresh and punchy core of fine tannins and plenty of fresh red fruit. Drink from 2020. Screw cap.
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Wine Spectator
Distinctively savory and precise, with cherry, smoky herb and spice flavors that build intensity toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2025.
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.