Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Though unabashedly earthy, this is packed with red plum, cherry, citrus rind and cut tobacco components. Such complexity is rare in a budget-priced Oregon Pinot. It glides gracefully into a mineral-drenched finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
Aromatic and bright, the attractive 2015 Portlandia Pinot Noir stays focus from the beginning to the end. Pair the wine's boysenberry-like aroma and freshness on the palate with a slightly smoked salmon steak. (Tasted: January 26, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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.