We have an array of wines available for your club selections this spring. The reviews are in and the 2022 vintage is flaunting the bright fruit, integrated tannins and age worthiness that we love about Oregon Pinot Noirs. Here is a quick recap of where our wines landed with the numbers.
- 2022 Balcombe Vineyard (96 Jeb Dunnuck, 95 Paul Gregutt, 94+ Vinous)
- 2022 Corrine Vineyard, Anklebreaker (97 Jeb Dunnuck, 94 Vinous)
- 2022 Ridgecrest Vineyard (98 Jeb Dunnuck, 95 Vinous)
It is an honor to receive good reviews and ratings, but the bottom line is whether you like drinking what is in your glass. Here is a quick recap of style and flavors for your consideration.
2022 Balcombe Vineyard - At over 30 years of vine-age it has the capacity to show the specific characteristics that make wines from this region so compelling. 2022 is a sensational year in the Dundee Hills and our flagship wine of that AVA is on full display in this bottling. The fruit is bright, fresh, and intense without being too intense or sweet for its acidity and structure. The overall impression of the wine is one of incredible texture, managing to be silky and graceful without feeling overly polished. The structure of the acidity and tannin is generous but impeccably balanced allowing for a seemingly forward and youthfully approachable wine to age gracefully for more than 20 years.
2022 Corrine Vineyard, Anklebreaker. This wine is once again a unicorn in a lineup of over 30 Pinot Noirs. In a vintage where red fruit rules the roost this wine is black from the tip of its nose to the very last drop on the back of its uniquely powerful tannic structure. While this is still firmly Pinot Noir because of the incredible acidic infrastructure it possesses this is a unique Oregon Pinot Noir. The dark notes will evoke smoked meat, high percentage cacao dark chocolate, quarry rock, brisket crust and salted licorice. This is a savory-sweet Pinot Noir that is dense, firm and utterly unapologetic about what the source of its powers bring to its table. Few American Pinot Noirs combine its fruit intensity, savory flavors, acidity and tannic structure.
2022 Ridgecrest Vineyard. Despite residing along a cool, forested part of the property this vineyard wants to be picked deceivingly earlier than one would expect. The Pommard Clone, soil, and elevation combine in a beautiful, lithe but dense fashion allowing the darker toned fruit Ribbon Ridge is known for the interlace with some distinct tannic structure. Ridgecrest has an enticing aroma of crushed black raspberries, herbs including rosemary, sage and a hint of salinity. Savory in style, there are dense waves of red and black fruits that carry over the silky texture.
We have a lot of wines to choose from for this spring! We have a few remaining 2019 vintages, a couple 2021 vintage wines and the remaining 2022 vintages.
Discounts are 15% off for the 6 bottles, 20% off for cases and 25% off on 2 + cases and are applied at the time the order is processed.