Winemaker Notes
The aromatics are perfumed red fruits with undertones of earth and cola, and hints of baking spice. The palate soft and supple, with delicious baking spice flavors balanced by a delicate tension from the tannins — a classic representation of the Dundee Hills.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Aromas of red plums, raspberries, wild flowers, fresh earth and baking spices. It’s medium-bodied with sleek, crunchy tannins and lively acidity. Juicy and vibrant with a silky texture. Wonderfully pure and transparent with a flavorful, long finish. Drink or hold.
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Wine Spectator
Compact and structured, with blueberry and cherry flavors laced with black tea and dusky spice notes, finishing with medium-grained tannins. Drink now.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Medium ruby, the 2019 Dundee Hills Pinot Noir features bright scents of Bing cherries and cranberries with bass tones of forest floor and savory spice. The light-bodied palate is soft and supple with concentrated, earth-laced fruits and a refreshing finish.
Located in the heart of Oregon's Willamette Valley in the Dundee Hills AVA, Stoller uniquely offers world class wines and genuine hospitality in a stunning setting. Owners Bill and Cathy Stoller purchased the nearly 400 acre property, which was originally his family’s turkey farm, in 1993 and crafted the winery’s inaugural Pinot Noir in 2001. Their vision of innovation blending vineyard stewardship with environmental sustainability was recognized in 2006 when Stoller became the first LEED® certified winemaking facility in the United States attaining the rare Gold level certification. Today, the winery features panoramic views including Mt. Hood, ample outdoor space for relaxation and guest houses.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Home of the first Pinot noir vineyard of the Willamette Valley, planted by David Lett of Eyrie Vineyard in 1966, today the Dundee Hills AVA remains the most densely planted AVA in the valley (and state). To its north sits the Chehalem Valley and to its south, runs the Willamette River. Within the region’s 12,500 acres, about 1,700 are planted to vine on predominantly basalt-based, volcanic, Jory soil.