Winemaker Notes
Torii Mor’s 2023 Deux Verres has a rich-sweet, forward aroma of cedar and elderflower with deep, concentrated hood strawberries, dark cherries and complexity from oak spices and earth notes. The flavors are sweet, intense and rich, with juicy acidity, concentrated fruit layers of fresh fruit including strawberries and dark cherries, marionberries, oak spices and complex earth notes. The mouthfeel is rich, round, intense and elegant, layered with sweet, rich tannins and complexity. The finish is very long, with fruity, complex earthy and spicy notes. This elegant and graceful wine will benefit from cellaring and can be enjoyed today without decanting.
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.