Winemaker Notes
The grapes for the Kings Ridge 2009 Oregon Pinot Noir come from vineyards in the
renowned Willamette Valley and the Umpqua Valley. The combination of cool and warm climates
found in these regions produces wine stacked with intense flavors and aromas.The nose on the 2009 Pinot Noir is loaded with rich dark cherry, plum and toasted hazelnuts. These inviting aromas seamlessly connect to the smooth, rich mouth feel,
filled with freshly picked blackberry and plum flavors. The wine is loaded with fruit, which
extends into a long finish with fine tannins that give complexity and structure to this wine.
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
Well built, with scents of mocha and black cherry, there's an earthiness to the flavors—sort of a redwood bark meets plum—which gives the wine a savory kick. For something substantial, like salmon grilled with wild mushrooms.
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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.
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