Winemaker Notes
Youthful aromas of fresh red cherries and strawberries with hints of nutmeg and cedar box. Flavors are bright and focused with red fruit compote, kirsch, and red plums on the forepalate, finishing with typical Pinot richness and held in suspension with a solid core of acidity.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Aromas of strawberries, cherries, flowers and baking spices. It’s medium-bodied with creamy tannins and crisp acidity. Rich and vibrant on the palate with spicy and fruity character.
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Wine Enthusiast
Despite the modest price, this blends fruit from some excellent Willamette Valley vineyards, including Olsen and Hyland. It's dark fruited, and the tennins are a little grainy, with broad flavors of espresso. Black cherry fruit comes out as the wine opens up and breathes, with accents of cinnamon.
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.