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YEAR PLANTED: 2004 CLONAL MATERIAL: 100% Dijon 115
PICKING DATE: TONS/ACRE: 3.34
VINIFICATION: 1.75-ton open-top fermenters done with 100% whole cluster.
VINEYARD SIZE: 85-acre vineyard, 11-acre PGC block
OWNERS: Dan and Helen Dusschee Production: 280 cases
Wine Making and Notes: As always this is simply perfect material from one single block of the vineyard (East Liberty Block), all Dijon 115 Clone Pinot Noir planted in 2004. This bottling has always emphasized the ability of whole cluster fermentation to shine with fruit from this vineyard. Nine barrels came from 50% whole cluster ferments, 5 from 100% and 4 from 20% whole cluster ferments. This mix deftly mixes the more fruit forward aspects of lower whole cluster usage with the aromatic and complexity inherent to higher whole cluster ferments. There are no new barrels on this wine and, in fact, there is only one barrel that was used just once previously. The bulk of the barrels used for this wine were completely neutral so to further enhance the incredible nature of this vineyard-driven bottling. This has a strong, black-fruited tone to it with a range of flavors and spices mingled in for complexity. The tannins are sticky and firm and born entirely of the fruit. This wine will reward with a long life of aging, but will also be appreciated by fans of intense and sinewy Pinots in its youth.
VINEYARD SIZE: 85-acre vineyard, ~11-acre PGC block
OWNERS: Dan and Helen Dusschee
We have been making wines from Freedom Hill since 2012 and have bottled 22 individual Pinot Noirs from here in those five vintages. Freedom Hill is a great site, owned and farmed by wonderful people and it has become, behind only our Estate Vineyard, the second most important vineyard in our broad and diverse cellar. We started with the older vine Wadensvil (we get two separate blocks, one older and one younger) in 2016 but waited a year to see if we could more completely realize the potential of the block.
Our instincts proved correct. The terrific thing about the Freedom Hill Pinot Noirs is that they all show the inherent deeper, bolder, more structured character that the site possesses and is well known for while also allowing a distinctly violet-y aromatic note to add a level of delicacy and grace to the wines. Wadensvil loves marine soil and it definitely benefits from anything that will add a floral note to it already floral nature. Combining with the inherent structure of Freedom Hill allows for this wine to stretch out in ways that seem impossible. This wine has great range across both its vertical axis (aromatics and flavor) and its horizontal access (power and depth) that it creates a Pinot Noir with a great amount of space to it. This is a wine that is very comfortable with itself and allows you room to explore what it has to offer.
In 2016 the eight selected barrels come from Balcombe Vineyard (2 barrels of Pommard planted in 1990 and fermented with 20% whole cluster and 60% whole cluster from Blocks 1A and 1B), Durant Vineyard-Bishop Block (1 barrel from 44 year old Pommard clone vines and fermented with 20% whole clusters) and the vineyard we moniker as Mysterious (a 1990 planting of Pommard done with 20% whole clusters). All three of these vineyards are planted in the Dundee Hills. 3 total barrels from Freedom Hill Vineyard (2 barrels from the Dijon 115 sections that were done with 50% and 100%whole cluster fermentations and 1 barrel from the Coury Clone block was done with 35% whole cluster). Freedom Hill Vineyard is located just outside of the Eola-Amity Hills. Lastly a barrel from the Lakeview Block in our Estate Vineyard was used (a 1997 planting of Pommard on the south slope of the hillside and done completely de-stemmed) to round out the blend.
YEAR PLANTED: 1991 CLONAL MATERIAL: 100% Wadensvil
VINEYARD SIZE: 32-acre vineyard, ~2.7-acre PGC Wadensvil block VINIFICATION: 2 open-top 1.5 ton fermenters. One fermenter containing 100% de-stemmed fruit, the other containing 60% whole cluster fruit.
PICKING DATE: October 5th TONS/ACRE: 2.0
OWNER: John & Susan Olenik PRODUCTION: 288 cases bottled
Winemaking and Notes: The combination of marine sedimentary soil and Wadensvil creates a nearly perfect intersection for Pinot Noir in Oregon. Wadensvil tends toward more elegant, high-toned and red-fruited wines while the sedimentary soil adds an element of structure and turns the wine distinctly toward a very mineral-driven mid-palate and finish. The ten barrels that make up this wine come equally from a fermentation that was done with 60% whole clusters and from a fermenter that was 100% de-stemmed. Despite the differences in the make-up of the fermentations the bins were both pigeaged 1x/day and pressed separately on the same day. The fruit that was fermented with 60% whole clusters emphasizes minerals, spices and back-palate structure all of which provide tension in the herb-laced red fruit. The de-stemmed barrels are a rush of sweet, feminine red fruit with a velvet-like texture. We’ve been using this combination for this particular bottling for the past couple of vintages in some form or another. The whole clusters give an incredible backbone to the wine that lends an austerity that benefits it not only down the road but in the here and now, allowing it to be the wine from the Chehalem Mountains that is the most elegant, graceful and refined of the bottlings. This wine is incredibly aromatic and floral but still allows for the back palate to be the guiding force. This is a sneaky, subtle wine that will playfully hint at grandiosity. *WINE CLUB ONLY
Wine Making and Notes: Named as such because this section of our vineyard planted in 1986 slopes to the northeast directly toward our neighbor Beaux Freres. The name is an homage to the owner and winemaker there, Mike Etzel. This wine has always pulled some of the most interesting characteristics out of the site and that is its reason for existing on its own. For some reason this has always been the most nuanced, most mineral-driven, most particularly Pinot Noir-sous bois sort of thing going on of all our wines. There are 2 sections within the East Etzel Block and for the first time they are both being used in this bottling. The older Pommard (planted in 1986) was 20% whole cluster and went through a standard cold soak of about 5 day, fermented in a single 1.75 ton open top fermenter and was pigeaged 1x/day before being pressed and allowed to settle for 3 days. The Dijon 114 was done 100% de-stemmed, went through a standard cold soak of about 5 days, fermented in two separate 1.75 ton open top fermenters and was pumped over until fermentation started and then it was only pigeaged 1x/day before being pressed and allowed to settle for 3 days. This spent a little less than a year in 17% new barrels along with a combination of a one time and a four times used barrel. This wine is aromatically extremely complex and nuanced to a fault. Minerality and seductive darker fruits combine with great complexity on the palate to create a wine that shows how elegant, intricate, intense and soil-influenced older vine Pinot Noirs from Ribbon Ridge can be. The addition of whole cluster fermentation furthers the aromatic qualities and drives the graphite notes on the palate and tightens the tannins up on the back end.
PICKING DATE: 10/05/17 and 10/08/17 TONS/ACRE: 3.49
OWNERS: Patricia Green Cellars PRODUCTION: 260 cases bottled
*Wine Club Only
Wine Making and Notes: Named as such because this section of our vineyard planted in 1986 slopes to the northeast directly toward our neighbor Beaux Freres. The name is an homage to the owner and winemaker there, Mike Etzel. This wine has always pulled some of the most interesting characteristics out of the site and that is its reason for existing on its own. For some reason this has always been the most nuanced, most mineral-driven, most particularly Pinot Noir-sous bois sort of thing going on of all our wines. There are 2 sections within the East Etzel Block and for the first time they are both being used in this bottling. The older Pommard (planted in 1986) was 20% whole cluster and went through a standard cold soak of about 5 day, fermented in a single 1.75 ton open top fermenter and was pigeaged 1x/day before being pressed and allowed to settle for 3 days. The Dijon 114 was done 100% de-stemmed, went through a standard cold soak of about 5 days, fermented in two separate 1.75 ton open top fermenters and was pumped over until fermentation started and then it was only pigeaged 1x/day before being pressed and allowed to settle for 3 days. This spent a little less than a year in 17% new barrels along with a combination of a one time and a four times used barrel. This wine is aromatically extremely complex and nuanced to a fault. Minerality and seductive darker fruits combine with great complexity on the palate to create a wine that shows how elegant, intricate, intense and soil-influenced older vine Pinot Noirs from Ribbon Ridge can be. The addition of whole cluster fermentation furthers the aromatic qualities and drives the graphite notes on the palate and tightens the tannins up on the back end. *WINE CLUB ONLY
Wine Making and Notes: This 3.1 acre block in the very back of the vineyard was planted in 1997. When we bought the property in 2000 this section was had nearly quite had it. In July of 2000 this section was already entirely rife with yellow leaves. The plants were simply over-taxed from a large crop load in their first year of production followed by a dry summer and there was no hope that the fruit was going to ripen so it was all dropped off in hopes of rescuing the plants. Over the next several years this block was attended to with a special fury and the wine got incrementally better. By 2014 the block had made a complete transformations and was serving as one of the major components of the Estate Vineyard bottling.
In 2015, when this block entered the “Oh yeah, this is a stand-alone wine now” zone we were extremely excited. Wadensvil Clone planted in marine soils make really spectacular wines once the vines get to the point of maturity. The 2017 is an excellent follow from the first two vintages that proceeded it. Simply gorgeous aromatically and on the palate, but underpinned by the darker notes our site provides. It is laced with minerality and super-fine tannin structure - this is a classic Ribbon Ridge Pinot Noir!
VINEYARD SIZE: 85-acre vineyard, ~11-acre PGC block
OWNERS: Dan and Helen Dusschee
We have been making wines from Freedom Hill since 2012 and have bottled 22 individual Pinot Noirs from here in those five vintages. Freedom Hill is a great site, owned and farmed by wonderful people and it has become, behind only our Estate Vineyard, the second most important vineyard in our broad and diverse cellar. We started with the older vine Wadensvil (we get two separate blocks, one older and one younger) in 2016 but waited a year to see if we could more completely realize the potential of the block.
Our instincts proved correct. The terrific thing about the Freedom Hill Pinot Noirs is that they all show the inherent deeper, bolder, more structured character that the site possesses and is well known for while also allowing a distinctly violet-y aromatic note to add a level of delicacy and grace to the wines. Wadensvil loves marine soil and it definitely benefits from anything that will add a floral note to it already floral nature. Combining with the inherent structure of Freedom Hill allows for this wine to stretch out in ways that seem impossible. This wine has great range across both its vertical axis (aromatics and flavor) and its horizontal access (power and depth) that it creates a Pinot Noir with a great amount of space to it. This is a wine that is very comfortable with itself and allows you room to explore what it has to offer.
From the remarkable 2014 vintage comes the last Pinot Noir to be released and in the concept of saving the best for last we have lived up to that standard. This is not just a new label for us, it is a new standard and the most thought-provoking and unique wine to ever come from this cellar. Only 73 cases of this intense and age-worthy wine were produced and only 60 or so will be available for sale. This is your opportunity to secure your stash of this sensational Oregon Pinot Noir.
OWNERS: Dan and Helen Dusschee PRODUCTION: 710 cases bottled
This bottling is comprised of 80% Dijon 115 across all three blocks with all wines containing 40-50% whole clusters in the fermentation. About 15% comes from the older vine Wadensvil which was fermented with about 60% whole clusters. The Coury and Pommard round out the blend. This wine was in barrel for a little less than a year in around 20% new oak and a combination of once-five times used barrels. It has the deep pigmentation, floral aromatics, intense mid-palate sweetness with structured finishing tannins. It is funny to us that this is our “regular” bottling of Freedom Hill simply due to the existence of our small clonal bottlings. By any measure this is a terrific, site-specific Pinot Noir from one of Oregon’s classic and historical vineyards. This has incredibly well-farmed material that provides the wine with great intensity and balance. This is far from “regular” but nonetheless here at PGC that is what it is although we have taken to calling it “Freedom Hill Classic!”. Bang for the buck/Quality-to-price ratio/however you want to term it, this wine is off the charts. This has so much to it that it will drink well almost immediately, but the upside is that it will drink beautifully a decade from now.
From the remarkable 2014 vintage comes the last Pinot Noir to be released and in the concept of saving the best for last we have lived up to that standard. This is not just a new label for us, it is a new standard and the most thought-provoking and unique wine to ever come from this cellar. Only 73 cases of this intense and age-worthy wine were produced and only 60 or so will be available for sale. This is your opportunity to secure your stash of this sensational Oregon Pinot Noir.
PICKING DATE: 10/05/17 and 10/08/17 TONS/ACRE: 3.49
OWNERS: Patricia Green Cellars PRODUCTION: 260 cases bottled
*Wine Club Only
Wine Making and Notes: Named as such because this section of our vineyard planted in 1986 slopes to the northeast directly toward our neighbor Beaux Freres. The name is an homage to the owner and winemaker there, Mike Etzel. This wine has always pulled some of the most interesting characteristics out of the site and that is its reason for existing on its own. For some reason this has always been the most nuanced, most mineral-driven, most particularly Pinot Noir-sous bois sort of thing going on of all our wines. There are 2 sections within the East Etzel Block and for the first time they are both being used in this bottling. The older Pommard (planted in 1986) was 20% whole cluster and went through a standard cold soak of about 5 day, fermented in a single 1.75 ton open top fermenter and was pigeaged 1x/day before being pressed and allowed to settle for 3 days. The Dijon 114 was done 100% de-stemmed, went through a standard cold soak of about 5 days, fermented in two separate 1.75 ton open top fermenters and was pumped over until fermentation started and then it was only pigeaged 1x/day before being pressed and allowed to settle for 3 days. This spent a little less than a year in 17% new barrels along with a combination of a one time and a four times used barrel. This wine is aromatically extremely complex and nuanced to a fault. Minerality and seductive darker fruits combine with great complexity on the palate to create a wine that shows how elegant, intricate, intense and soil-influenced older vine Pinot Noirs from Ribbon Ridge can be. The addition of whole cluster fermentation furthers the aromatic qualities and drives the graphite notes on the palate and tightens the tannins up on the back end. *WINE CLUB ONLY
Wine Making and Notes: What is there to say that has not been said over the previous 17 vintages of this wine? It is amazingly consistent. It has powerful and darker-than-normal Dundee Hills fruit with a brooding tannin structure that we have worked at accentuating by using a greater degree of whole cluster fermentation. The 2017 is about the same level as the wonderful and rich 2016 bottling. If this wine has been your go to over the years, it will be again this year. This is a wine club only offering. *WINE CLUB ONLY
