91 Points James Suckling
This has a vibrant thread of red plum, cherry and blood orange on the nose. The palate offers plenty of ripe red-cherry and strawberry fruit flesh with a light thread of white pepper. So approachable and balanced. Drink now.
 
Winemaker Notes
In order to build a complex and layered Willamette Valley blend, we used open-top, closed-top, and rotator barrel fermentations. For the open-top tanks, we favored punch-downs, whereas the closed-top tanks received pump-overs exclusively. The rotator barrels spun on a schedule yielding a gentle extraction. All methods also received a minimum of two rack-and-returns at precise times during the fermentation process. Nearly all lots were cold-soaked for up to 10 days, and ambient yeasts carried out the fermentation. In total, we utilized 33% whole clusters, and 30% of the wine went through an extended maceration. The wine was aged for 11 months in 19% new French oak. Unfined.
 
Mineral-driven with cherry, blackcap raspberry, lingonberry, cassis, spiced plum-skin, incense, crushed rock, fresh moss, and violet. The palate is soft and friendly with gentle tannins that are backed by balanced acidity. Cherry, strawberry, and cranberry are accompanied by rosehip, cinnamon, cardamom, orange peel, coffee bean, forest floor, chamomile, and black tea on the palate.