Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
There’s a suave style to this earthy and spicy pinot that offers a very attractive, red-cherry and plum core of flavor with a strong array of plush, fresh red cherries and raspberries on the palate. Drink now.
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Wine Enthusiast
The latest version is more widely available through expanded production and offers a price drop as well. In fact, it's a fine value in a sappy, sexy style. Raspberry, blueberry, blackberry and cherry fruits are here in abundance—the whole spectrum, reflecting a variety of top vineyard sources. The tasty fruit is backed with fine-tuned tannins—and 42% new French oak.
Editors' Choice
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.