Pinot Noir
OR - Willamette Valley - Chehalem Mountains
James Suckling 94
This estate bottling features 100% old vine Pommard clone grown in Willakenzie and Jory clay loam on the south side of Chehalem Mountain. Tasting notes from James Suckling: elegantly focused and fragrant and delivers fresh light red cherries and red flowers in abundance. The palate holds a long, fluid and smoothly rendered impression. Drink or hold.
Harvested on September 8th, 2018, the grapes were fermented with indigenous yeast and given a five-day cold soak followed by 25 days cool fermentation then barrel aged in 40% new French oak for 18 months without filtration.
pH: 3.59, TA: 5.2 g/L, Alcohol: 14.3%, AVA: Chehalem Mountains,
Rating: 93, James Suckling