Winemaker Notes
The 2018 has a make-up of slightly over 40% comes from our Estate Vineyard from which we bottled 6 individual single vineyard/block bottlings in 2018.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Offers refinement and presence, with expressive raspberry and pomegranate flavors, laced with fresh violet and orange blossom notes, building richness toward polished tannins. Drink now through 2027.
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Wine Enthusiast
The winery’s reserve is actually the low-priced, entry-level wine among close to two dozen Pinots from Patricia Green each vintage. The most widely produced as well as the most affordable, it brings a nice mix of blackberry and cherry fruit, ripe tannins and a streak of graphite. Though the grapes were sourced from throughout the Willamette Valley, the wine retains its focus and finishes with a hint of smoky coffee.
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.