2018 Dundee Hills Select Pinot Noir

Vintage 2018 

The summer was hot and dry, eclipsing previous years out of the record books with 31 days over 90° most in the upper 90’s without reaching the century mark, including a stretch of 10 days over 90° in July. Summer fires in the Southern Washington and Southern Oregon/ Northern California filled the Northern Willamette Valley with smoke, for weeks at a time. We were lucky to avoid smoke-taint in the grapes. The grape yields were on the high side, forcing growers to send the crews in the vineyards to drop fruit to a reasonable level. 

Winemaker's notes. Tasted in 2020

Three of the top vineyard sites in the Dundee Hills are blended together to create this luscious wine. Winemaker, Jacques Tardy aged this wine for 18 months in 26% new French oak and bottled un-fined and un-filtered. The iron-rich volcanic soils from these vineyards is evident in the intense flavors of dark cherry and blackberry with slight hints of rose petal and lilac. A lengthy finish of dark chocolate and complex notes of spice and earth round out this special wine. Drink now, but this wine will definitely benefit from 5 - 7 years of cellaring.

Production: 250 cases