Our Willamette Valley is our signature blend and is crafted to showcase its vintage while highlighting a classic Burgundian winemaking style. Esteemed vineyards located throughout the Willamette Valley contribute to this beautiful, fresh, fruit-forward Pinot Noir. During the cellar season, select barrels from individual lots are chosen for this wine, creating the opportunity to blend for quality, approachability, and consistency from vintage to vintage.
Lazy River Vineyard lies 300-500 feet in elevation, on the steep south-facing slope of Mt. Richmondin the Northwest Willamette Valley, in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Soils include marine sediment and volcanic Jory. Lazy River is in a cooler location, nearly touching the foothills of the Coast Range.
The wine is light crimson in color with aromas of fresh black currant, anise and sarsaparilla. The mouthfeel is full bodied as notes of figs, plums and sage unfold. On the palate, integrated tannins, red fruits and savory characteristics provide great complexity with a finish that is long and seamless.
The Durant Vineyard Pinot Noir is a luscious wine. Beautiful ruby in color, it opens with enticing aromas of bramble berries, rose petals and toffee on the nose. The tempting palate offers an array of red fruits. Strawberries and Bing cherries abound, with fine tannins that create tension and depth through a lifted mid-palate, leading to a smooth, velvety finish.
Fairsing Vineyard is planted to 38 acres at 550-750 feet above sea level in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. The vineyard is nestled inside an 80-acre Certified FamilyForest with varied topography and panoramic views of the Northern Willamette Valley.
The Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir is exciting and lively. The nose is bursting with aromas of bramble berry, dark black plum, and cedar. As you sip, the wine dances on your palate with its hallmark savory and complex blend of earth, fruit, and spice notes. Fine tannins lift the mid-palate, while bright acidity creates tension, driving the wine to a long finish that leaves you wanting more.
In the glass, the wine is a beautiful shade of garnet. Bright strawberry, red plums, fennel, and bramble fill your nose and tempt your senses. On the palate, delightful flavors of pomegranate, candied orange and currants abound. Beautifully integrated tannins mingle with bright acidity, leading to a lengthy finish that leaves you wanting more. An elegant wine that is extremely age worthy.
