Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
"Shows polish and presence, with expressive rose petal and raspberry aromas that pair with multilayered boysenberry and orange peel flavors, finishing with well-groomed tannins. Drink now through 2027. 405 cases made."
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
"The 2017 Pinot Noir Jory Hills was aged 17 months in 40% new oak. Medium ruby, it opens with crushed black cherries and blackberries, perfumed earth, bitter chocolate and a touch of saddle leather with hints of dried savory herbs and blue flowers. It's light to medium-bodied, broody and dark fruited in the mouth with mouthwatering acidity and a grainy frame, finishing long and flavorful. Yum!"
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.