Winemaker Notes
The objective of Johan Estate Pinot Noir is to create a bottling that most accurately represents their sense of place in a given vintage. They carefully select parcels of fruit from every rootstock/scion combination, aspect, vine age, and soil profile, creating a collage of the diverse expressions of their vineyard through the lens of Pinot Noir.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Made with 40% whole clusters, the 2019 Pinot Noir has a medium ruby color and pure scents of red cherries, cranberries, blood orange, tobacco and Angostura bitters. The medium-bodied palate balances concentrated fruit and an elegant, seamless structure, and it finishes with satisfying length and earthy accents. This is very easy to drink!
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.