Winemaker Notes
The 2022 Rex Hill Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is carmine red in color and exudes true cool-climate flavors and aromas. These include red and black berries, fleshy plums, and dark cherries, along with vanilla, black tea, and baking spices like star anise and nutmeg. Secondary flavors of candied tamarind, cream soda, rose petals, cocoa, caramel, and marshmallow can also be found. The oak is well-integrated, and the symphony of flavors melds together beautifully for a round, plush, and textured palate.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Bright and lifted with aromas of dried strawberries, raspberry bush, red licorice and spice. The palate is medium-bodied with finely tuned tannins and a rounded mouthfeel, finishing with lots of crunchy red fruits and a savory undertone.
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Wine Spectator
Generous and elegantly structured, with raspberry and guava flavors accented with tarragon and black tea as this moves toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2032.
REX HILL has been making elegant Pinot Noirs for over 30 years in the Willamette Valley at the gateway to Oregon's wine country. It is one of the original LIVE certified wineries and owned vineyards that are farmed following Biodynamic principles. REX HILL honors exceptional single vineyards and continues a legacy of singular Pinot Noirs that reflect their origin. That sense of place is paramount to the way we farm our land and make our wines. Named a 2017 Wine Advocate Extraordinary Winery in the Americas, REX HILL consistently offers authentic wines that are balanced, complex, rich and delicious.
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.