2022 Estates Reserve Pinot Noir

2022 Estates Reserve Pinot Noir
95 Points - Dr. Owen Bargreen

"A barrel selection wine sourced from the Yamhill-Carlton, Ribbon Ridge, Dundee Hills AVAs, the 2022 ‘Estates Reserve’ really needs about an hour to fully unwind. I think this is the finest edition of this wine that I have tasted in the past decade. After an hour of air this reveals pretty high-toned arromatics with citrus blossom and potpourri alongside a polished texture. Utterly seamless throughout the drinking experience this revels in its full-bodied red and dark fruit flavors, offering alluring pine needle, salty and stony soils and copious mineral accents. Finishing exceedingly long, this dense and decadent Oregon Pinot Noir is a marvelous effort that will easily age for another twenty years."  Dr. Owen Bargreen

 
Vineyards

Our Estates Reserve Pinot Noir is a blend of grapes sourced from all three of our estate vineyards.


Coast Range Vineyard
45 million year old mix of marine sediments and intrusive basalt flows in the foothills of the Coast Range mountains


Ribbon Ridge Vineyard
40 million year old high-quartz marine sandstones in the heart of the Ribbon Ridge AVA


Wichmann Dundee Vineyard
15 million year old red volcanic soils classic to Oregon’s Dundee Hills AVA
 

Drinking Window

2024 - 2044

 

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SKU: 1847
Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Varietal
Pinot Noir
Appellation
Yamhill-Carlton, Ribbon Ridge, Dundee Hills
Aging
10 months in neutral French oak
Fermentation
65% Whole Cluster
Bottling Date
August 2023
Alcohol %
13.4
Wine Profile
Production Notes
2022 Vintage Notes: A cold spring and mid-April frost created a very late start to the growing season and delayed harvest. The threat of rain ruining a late harvest is ever-present in the Willamette Valley, but there's also the chance a dry, cool weather pattern creates incredibly long hang-times and correspondingly very complex and long-lived wines. Fortunately, the 2022 vintage was the latter with the sparkling harvest occurring from September 20th-30th; and the still wine harvest not beginning until October 1st and lasting until October 22nd. A thirty-two day picking window with perfect temperatures and no rain is very rare and produced some of the longest hang times we have ever seen. And long hang times produce exceptional wines.