2019 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
The 2019 Willamette Valley is a beautiful representation of the combination of our two estate vineyards in a growing season that reflects upon a cooler vintage classic Oregon style. It eschews years such as 1993, 2007, and 2011 in style.This wine has a beautiful Pinot character of raspberry, bright rose, juniper, and hibiscus aromatically. The body is medium density with a pure focus of fruit and fine tannin and liveliness. - Jared Etzel, Winemaker
This is the only label we produce that blends both our Yamhill-Carlton and our Dundee estate fruit. The average native fermentation time was 21 days on skins of mainly destemmed fruit. Each year we make this label predominantly from our press fraction— the juice that comes from the pressing of the grape must post-fermentation. This technique produces a wine that shows beautifully in its youth, with bright fruit and a lively body right out of the gates. Aged on lees for 11 months in 100% neutral French Oak barrels.