Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This has a very rich array of deeply toasty spices and reductive, meaty nuances, as well as ripe, rich dark plums and cherries. The palate has a plush, smooth and sleek array of vibrant red fruit, velvety tannins and drink-now appeal.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: Rex Hill has a long history of producing top-flight Pinot Noirs. The 2017 Willamette Valley exhibits persistent power and depth. Enjoy its generous aromas and flavors of black fruit and oak accents with a robustly-seasoned roast leg of lamb. (Tasted: March 4, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Sharply focused and refined, with expressive black cherry, smoky sandalwood and orange peel notes that pick up tension and complexity toward medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2028.
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.