Winderlea, Winderlea Vineyard Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills

Give this one a little while to open up and you’ll be incredibly surprised. We’re talking almost an hour. The nose is full of vanilla and tobacco from the time in barrel, lots of earth and mushroom mixed in. On the pallet you immediately get how dry yet smooth this wine is but once it opens up after a while the red fruit, cranberry and black cherry really starts to shine.

Even better than I remember at the winery. A bit of grassiness and light fruit on the nose, but very fruit forward with raspberry preserves, strwoand ripe red cherry. Medium bodied Pinot with solid acid. GreT with or without food. Definitely going to get my hands on more. Loved it.

Taking my Peruvian friends around the Valley; 8/13/2021-8/15/2021 (Willamette Valley, OR) : The nose is a little wound up, but still showing an expressiveness with balanced tones of raspberries, strawberries, bing cherries, riper red fruits, spice notes, rose petals, and some high-toned florals. There is excellent complexity with good depth and perfumes. The Medium/full bodied feel is fresh and expressive with tart, medium+ acidity and youthful, medium+ tannins. The structure is showing that this really could benefit from a few …

Deep ruby color, an explosion of red fruit- strawberry, raspberry and cranberry, notes of orange and cinnamon. Zippy, bright acidity makes this a wine that will pair well with a variety of foods. Long smooth consistent across the vintage.