2016 Mistletoe Ridge Pinot Noir

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Pinot Noir

OR - Willamette Valley - Willamette Valley

$80.00 / 750 mL Bottle

Alcohol 14.3%

We have been waiting quite some time to share this with you. Our Mistletoe Ridge ™ Pinot Noir bottling was intended to celebrate the establishment of a sub-Willamette Valley AVA. However, the sub-Willamette Valley AVA in question has yet to be formally announced. The vintage is 2016. This is the same year the sub-Willamette Valley AVA petition was submitted. It has been a long 5+ years, and still we wait. But time and tide wait for no man. Our 2016 Mistletoe Ridge ™ Pinot Noir is a 4 barrel selection from a very small area of the vineyard, less than 2 acres. The soil there is part of the Bellpine series, however it is very shallow and contains fractured ironstone. While fractured ironstone is not a root restrictive layer, it also does not hold very much soil moisture. Stones are just that way… Perhaps a sub-sub-AVA exists right here in a yet to be announced sub-Willamette Valley AVA? Too soon to tell, but the proof is in the soil and now the bottle. Part of the discipline in laying out our vineyard was to isolate unique soil characteristics. We excavated several deep soil pits throughout our site and also took multiple soil core samples going down about 6 feet. This provided us with the intelligence we needed to match our rootstocks to our soil profile. It will come as no surprise to longtime readers of the FLOG, that this unique soil formation, elevation and aspect is planted to 5C rootstock, with the Pommard clone grafted on top. While we freely admit that it is better to be lucky than good, we also recognize that success favors the prepared mind. Mistletoe Ridge ™ Pinot Noir from Amalie Robert Estate. “The Last Best Place to Grow Pinot Noir” ™