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2022 Vintage Summary: Twelve months ago, at the end of April, there was not a lot of optimistic thoughts to have about what the 2022 vintage was going to look like. A valley-wide frost event had seemed to have decimated massive swaths of young shoots and that there might be 10-15% of a normal harvest overall and none in some places. In the 50+ year history of the Oregon wine industry this was as grim a time across the board as probably has ever existed. Coming on the heels of the devastating wildfires of 2020 that basically ruined any and all Pinot Noir fruit still hanging (another vintage with nothing to bottle and sell seemed to have the possibilities of actually being financially ruinous as opposed to just a massive gut-punch). There was a 2-3 week stretch over the last part of April and beginning of May where it seemed like you could feel the impending doom hanging over the valley like some sort of supernatural storm cloud. By late May we realized that we would be receiving fruit beyond what we were expecting just a few weeks prior. Grapevines have, seemingly, a capacity to go through their life cycle even in the face of some serious adversity. Secondary buds had shown up and were turning into shoots and those shoots had flowers on them. By mid-July it was clear that in some vineyards were going to have fruit sets higher than what we would have anticipated at any point during the year! What was once a time of feeling depressed and finding it hard to have higher spirits turned into a scramble to prepare for a harvest of a size we never would have expected at any point! When the dust had all settled and the fruit was all in, fermented and sent to barrel it turns out we had our second largest harvest ever, surpassed only by the 2021 vintage. On top of it the quality seems to be not only better than hoped, but truly excellent. The Pinots are just starting to turn the corner from being relatively raw wines to beginning their polishing phase where they start to strut the first looks at their final selves. It is exciting to see. Loads of red fruit and velvety textures seem to rule the day in 2022. We will have our darker fruited sites and our lighter sites but, in general, the best characteristics of each wine from each vineyard are what we are experiencing as the front and center natures of the wines. So, a roller-coaster ride for sure; fast moving highs and lows with a little more excitement than we would prefer, but in the end, everything is fine and we had a great time living the experience. 

AVA: Ribbon Ridge

LOCATION: Ribbon Ridge Rd.

ELEVATION: 550’

SOIL TYPE: Willakenzie

YEAR PLANTED: 2000

CLONAL MATERIAL: 100% Pommard

VINEYARD SIZE: 22-acre vineyard; 1.86 acre block

VINIFICATION: One 1.75 ton fermenter done 50% whole cluster, two 1.75 ton fermenters 100% destemmed.

PICKING DATE: 09/14/2021

TONS/ACRE: 2.87

OWNERS: Harry and Wynne Pederson-Nedry

PRODUCTION: 299 cases bottled

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SKU: 22WR5

 

 

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SKU: 22B1B9

AVA: Ribbon Ridge

LOCATION: North Valley Rd.

SOIL TYPE: Wellsford (Marine Sedimentary)

YEAR PLANTED: Various; 1984-2010

CLONAL MATERIAL: Pommard, Dijon 114, Coury Clone and Wadensvil

VINEYARD SIZE: 30-acre vineyard

PICKING DATES: Multiple days in October

TONS/ACRE: Various but around 1 ton/acre

OWNERS: Patricia Green Cellars

PRODUCTION: 1 bottle made

 

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AVA: Mt. Pisgah-Polk County

LOCATION: East side of Dopp Rd.

ELEVATION: 500’

SOIL TYPE: Bellpine (ancient seabed)

YEAR PLANTED: 1982 and forward

CLONAL MATERIAL: Multiple 

VINEYARD SIZE: 85-acre vineyard

PICKING DATE: Variable

TONS/ACRE: Variable

OWNER: Dan and Helen Dusschee

PRODUCTION: 2 bottles made

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SKU: 22FH9

AVA: Willamette Valley                                 LOCATION: Burnell Rd., Dallas, OR  

ELEVATION: 500’                                           SOIL TYPE: Bellpine

YEAR PLANTED: 2000

CLONAL MATERIAL: 100% Coury               VINEYARD SIZE: 85-acre vineyard, 1.1-acre PGC block

VINIFICATION: 2.5-ton open-top fermenters done with 100% whole cluster and 35% whole cluster fermentations.

PICKING DATE: 09/30/18                              TONS/ACRE: 3.16

OWNERS: Dan and Helen Dusschee             PRODUCTION: 229 cases bottled

Winemaking and Notes: This section of the vineyard was planted in 2000 and the cuttings came from the 1972 section of Coury Clone at Hyland Vineyard. What all this amounts to is that this is one of the most fascinating single vineyard bottlings we make on a yearly basis. Coury Clone is definitely something that leads with the nose first and foremost. To ensure that this feature is as prominent and beautiful as possible we have been using 35-50% whole cluster fermentations since our first vintage working with the fruit in 2012. We used 50% whole clusters again in 2018. It works, and in excellent vintages like 2018 the aromatics are especially intoxicating and unique. This bottling shows the flipside of Freedom Hill Vineyard which is known for power, intensity, sap-laden wines with lots of structure. This is graceful and aromatic, and while intense, it is discreetly so. Amongst the staff at Patricia Green Cellars this particular bottling is a distinct favorite.

 

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SKU: 22FHC9

AVA: Mt. Pisgah-Polk County

LOCATION: Bursell Rd.  

ELEVATION: 500’

SOIL TYPE: Bellpine (ancient seabed)

YEAR PLANTED: 2004

CLONAL MATERIAL: Dijon 115

VINEYARD SIZE: 3.35 acre block

PICKING DATE: October 12 and 14

TONS/ACRE: 4.22 tons/acre        

OWNER: Dan and Helen Dusschee

PRODUCTION: 2 bottles made

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SKU: 22FHD9
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SKU: 22FHPER9
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AVA: Mt. Pisgah-Polk County

LOCATION: Bursell Rd.

ELEVATION: 500’

SOIL TYPE: Bellpine (ancient seabed)

YEAR PLANTED: 2004

CLONAL MATERIAL: Wadensvil

VINEYARD SIZE: 3.03-acre block

PICKING DATE: October 12th

TONS/ACRE: 13.1 tons; 4.32 tons/acre       

OWNER: Dan and Helen Dusschee

PRODUCTION: 486 cases bottled

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AVA: Dundee Hills AVA

LOCATION: Worden Hill Rd.

ELEVATION: Up to 700’

SOIL TYPE: Volcanic (Jory)

YEAR PLANTED: 1972

CLONAL MATERIAL: Multiple-see below

VINEYARD SIZE: 55-acre vineyard

PICKING DATE: Variable-see below

TONS/ACRE: Variable-see below

OWNER: Archery Summit Winery

PRODUCTION: 4 bottles produced

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SKU: 22Y9

This is what we consider on a year-in, year-out basis our most unique and exotic wine. This is, as always, our only wine that is made in 100% new Cadus barrels. This wine is a textural experience beyond any of our other wines. Rather than attempting to show, in pain-staking detail, the individual qualities of the vineyards we work with the Notorious bottling is about a particular style of wine that is richer, more intense, denser in texture and more lifted aromatically than our other bottlings. 

In 2019 the eight selected barrels come from Balcombe Vineyard (2 barrels of Pommard planted in 1990 and fermented with 40% and 60% whole cluster from Blocks 1A and 1B), Estate Vineyard (1 barrel from a 2000 planting of Pommard done with 66% whole clusters), Freedom Hill Vineyard (1 barrel of Dijon 115 done with 100% whole clusters) and the vineyard we moniker as Mysterious (3 barrels, 1 from a 1990 planting of Pommard done with 0% whole clusters two from a different block of Pommard with 100% whole cluster). These are all incredibly well farmed vineyard with 3 organic sites representing the near totality of the fruit.

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SKU: 22N9

Appellation: Ribbon Ridge  Location: Ribbon Ridge Rd.

Elevation: 500’                               Soil Type: Willakenzie

Year Planted: 2003                        Clonal Material: Pommard

Size: Vineyard 60 acres/PGC Blocks total 2 acres

Vinification: Combination of 50% whole cluster and fully destemmed fruit all done in 1.75 ton open-top fermenters.

Picking Date: September 14    Tons/Acre: 2.67

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SKU: 22RC9

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