Winemaker Notes
An inviting nose of black cherry and licorice lead to flavors of raspberry, cherry and allspice. A surprisingly soft and approachable wine with good structure and a round finish that leaves one wanting more.
Try with BBQ chicken, smoked pork loin, eggplant parmigiana or salmon burgers.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Winemaker Tony Rynders puts a lush coating of toasty oak around his Pinots, which makes for immediate appeal. This new release brings those flavors along with pretty plum and cherry fruit, mocha and black tea. There are fairly substantial tannins as well, suggesting that this may be enjoyed over the next half decade.
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Wine Spectator
Precise and delicate, expressive with refined raspberry and cherry flavors touched by orange blossom and spice notes.
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.