The Meyer Vineyard is a long, steep site in the Dundee Hills that faces due south and features a variety of elevations, exposures, and microclimates. The 2021 Meyer is composed of fruit picked at the very beginning of harvest to produce fresh, aromatic wine that combines red cherry and raspberry with rose petal, potpourri, and sandalwood oak notes. The palate is fresh and juicy carried by loads of red fruit to a long, delicately balanced finish.

Reviews from Acclaimed Wine Critics 

94 Points – Clive Pursehouse, Decanter
“A delectable red-fruited Pinot Noir from the long, steep Meyer Vineyard at high elevation in the Dundee Hills AVA. Fresh cranberry relish and dusty mint aromatics denote the early harvest for this fruit from south-facing vines. The bright palate offers tart red cranberries, blood orange pulp and savoury notes of sage. The wine finished with a lifted stony minerality.”

93 Points – Tim Fish, Wine Spectator
“Fragrant and expressive, with vibrant cherry and strawberry flavors accented by notes of fresh violet, orange blossoms and toasty spices that zip along the crisp finish. Drink now through 2031.”

93 Points – Jeb Dunnuck
“A youthful ruby red hue, the 2021 Pinot Noir Meyer Vineyard is ripe and polished with notes of sweet cedar spices, preserved strawberries, herbes de Provence, and anise. Moving to the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, with a saturating feel, lively, ripe acidity, juicy, fine tannins, and clean lift on the finish, with good freshness and purity throughout. This highly charming and attractive wine will be best enjoyed over the coming 5-7 years.”

92 Points – Jeremy Young, International Wine Report
“The 2021 Meyer Vineyard Pinot noir sees about 15% whole cluster during fermentation and then 39% new French oak during 15 months of aging.  A light ruby core with a fluorescent pink rim, it gifts aromatics of Bing cherry, crushed rose petals, candied blue raspberries, and hints of cedary herbs.  Tannins are already completely integrated into the core of the lemony acidity and the red-fruit-focused finish.”

Year after year, we can always count on Johnson Vineyard producing some of our most robust, rustic, and structured Pinot noirs.  The 2021 Johnson Pinot, made exclusively with the Wädenswil clone, marries aromas of black cherry, blackberry, forest floor, bay leaf, and peppercorn.  Sweet vanilla bean and chocolate from the French oak complement the aromatic profile while adding nice textural tannins.  There is a juicy, sweet core to the mouthfeel which helps round out the wine’s muscular frame.  It is a complex wine, one that would show very well at the dinner table, especially when paired with  more savory, spiced meats.  

Reviews from Acclaimed Wine Critics 

94 Points – Clive Pursehouse, Decanter
“From the Johnson Vineyard, a former farm established in 1939 by Bob and Evelyn Johnson, planted to 28 acres of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the late 1990s on south-facing slopes. This site offers loads of tannin and dark ripe fruits, a bottling of pure Wadenswil clone Pinot. The aromatics are dark berries, rich, freshly turned soils, pomegranate molasses, and dark violet tones. The palate shows a tannic framing, wildly structured with spices and savoury notes. There are mineral tones of iron with red fruits, chopped mint leaves and a lingering finish.”

We are thrilled to release another Pommard clone focused wine from the 2021 vintage!  This year, we sourced the fruit from Eric Lemelson’s very first planting at Chestnut Hill from 1995.  As our coolest vineyard site, this Pommard responded exceedingly well to the warm and dry 2021 vintage.  The complex and perfumed nose reveals red cherry, raspberry, licorice, black tea, and orange zest.  The palate presents even more depth thanks in large part to the whole cluster inclusion, with notes of sandalwood, cinnamon, and peppercorn carried on the soft and elegant, fruit-focused finish.  

At a maximum elevation of over 1,000 feet, Chestnut Hill Vineyard is one of the highest vineyards in the North Willamette Valley. In warm years, elevation lends restraint; in cool years, ripeness can be elusive. Yet, as our coolest vineyard site, it responded exceedingly well to the warm 2021 vintage and beautifully inherited the elegance associated with cool climate viticulture. The complex nose reveals plum, black cherry, licorice and red raspberry. The palate shows even more depth with graham cracker, sandalwood, cinnamon and peppercorn carried on a silken carriage of sweet tobacco spice to a delicate, fruit-focused finish.

Reviews from Acclaimed Wine Critics 

93 Points – Clive Pursehouse, Decanter
“This cool site at over 300m in the Chehalem Mountains has come together nicely with the warm conditions of the pretty 2021 vintage. Dark, opulent aromas of Christmas spice, blueberry compote and blackberries with mint show a real generosity. The palate is well-knit and layered with lush blue and black bramble fruits. Ripe cherries, blueberries and savoury dried herbs come together with a sweet, spicy, lingering finish.”

93 Points – Jeb Dunnuck
“Rich ruby in color, the 2021 Pinot Noir Chestnut Hill Vineyard offers an attractive ripe, autumnal feel with its notes of baked cherries, mushroomy earth, candied flowers, and warming, woodsy spice. This continues to the palate, with darker mineral underpinnings, ripe tannins, and an even feel throughout. It’s a very appealing, ripe wine to enjoy over the coming 6-8 years.”

92 Points – Tim Fish, Wine Spectator
“Vivacious and fresh, with lively cherry and cranberry flavors that pick up notes of black tea and rose petal as this races toward the snappy finish. Drink now through 2031.”

As our highest elevation vineyard in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, Briscoe produces uniquely expressive Pinot noir for the area.  At its core, the 2021 Briscoe shows beautiful black cherry and Italian plum fruit with savory notes of sage, rhubarb and peppercorn.  We elevated this complex wine with 50% new French oak barrels which add notes of chocolate, cinnamon and subtle sandalwood.  Texturally, this wine is beautifully balanced with a rich, yet soft mouthfeel that gives way to a long and flavorful finish.

Our single vineyard designated wines all share a red label color.  They also share a similar winemaking philosophy which seeks to balance fruit and vineyard terroir with subtle oak flavors.  Unlike its delicious, red-labelled sibling, this 2019 Meyer Vineyard Pinot noir has a black label and is a deviation from the “norm.” With the stunning amount of fruit expression we achieved from Meyer in 2019, we wanted to go big on beautiful oak flavors and made this wine using 100% brand new, premium French oak barrels.  With double the amount of new oak as the red label Meyer, this wine is more oak driven with intense aromas of dark chocolate, mocha, cedar, sandalwood and graham cracker.  The added oak also contributes quite a lot of structure and has a fuller, broader mouthfeel.  This powerhouse of a wine was crafted to age and improve over the next decade in bottle.