Winemaker Notes
This beautiful blend of multiple vineyards and four different sub-AVAs shows well-integrated notes of black current, baking spices, violets, and sweet oak. The palate is big and juicy with succulent black cherry and showcasing a long finish with hints of leather and floral notes.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Pleasing dried-strawberry character with dark cherries and hints of dried lemons. It’s medium-bodied with round, easy tannins and a fresh finish. Drink now.
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Tasting Panel
Aged in 100% French oak for ten months, this wine opens with generous scents of wild strawberry and sweet basil. The glossy palate shows caramel apple dotted with white pepper, and a spark of lively acidity plus a finish of sage and iron add complexity
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Wine Enthusiast
The latest edition of this affordable Willamette Valley Pinot offers flavors that are solidly varietal and capture the vivid berry fruit and sappy acidity of the region. The tannins are just strong enough to frame it, with a trailing flavor of black tea. Editors’ Choice
We named this wine project Pike Road after the winding road that runs adjacent to our vineyards at the foothills of Oregon's Coast Range Mountains.
Pike Road is made from estate grown grapes and a smaller amount of fruit we purchase. We are committed to preserving small family farms here in the Willamette Valley through our relationships with partner growers, some of whom we have worked with for decades. This is the best place in the New World to grow Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris, and we are so pleased to be here at Pike Road.
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.