Winemaker Notes
From the "Miracle Vintage" of 2022 comes this beauty with deep garnet color. It immediately draws you in with alluring aromatics of blue and black fruits, rich earth, baking spices, and dried herbs. The elegant, silky palate boasts black cherry compote with caramel and a long, dense, and pure finish.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
Violet and lavender florals come together with crushed blackberries and hints of sage as the 2022 Pinot Noir blossoms in the glass. This sweeps across the palate with ripe wild berry fruits and sweet spices, taking on a crunch of tart cranberry toward the close. Blue and purple florals resonate as the 2022 finishes with a coating of edgy tannins and a raspberry concentration, all lifted by a bump of zesty acidity.
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Wine Enthusiast
Aromas of elderberries, vanilla and violets make for a nice introduction. The wine's mouthfeel is tart and brisk, making flavors like Bing cherry and coffee feel like they are vibrating on one of those toy electric football fields. The Toil is as energizing as a cold shower.
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Wine Spectator
Brisk and energetic, this Pinot offers lively black cherry and plum flavors highlighted by forest floor and dusky spice tones. Drink now through 2031.
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.