2020 Great Oregon Wine Company Dundee Hills Pinot Noir

13.6

This dry Pinot Noir offers notes of plum, marionberry, molasses, and smoked-maple-bacon. The moderate acids are balanced with supple tannins while the finish lingers on baked berries with hints of spice, brown sugar and smoke. This Pinot Noir is an example of perseverance in the most challenging vintage in Willamette Valley history. Drink now with your favorite grilled vegetables and meats, an ideal pairing with BBQ. Not appropriate for long-term aging.

75% Lindley Vineyard - Pommard on RG, planted 2013. Elevation 600 feet, Jory soils, South-eastern exposure.
25% Three Wives Vineyard - Mixed clones, planted 2009. Elevation 200 feet, Jory soils, Southern exposure. (LIVE Certified Sustainable)

The fruit was 100% destemmed with a high percentage of whole berries to 1.5 and 5 ton fermenters. The wine was pumped over daily during a four day cold soak. The small lots were fermented for an average of twelve days, hand punched two times daily. The wine was aged for ten months in mixed French cooperage before blending.

2020 began with a cool, wet spring. Budbreak was tracking in a normal pattern, while rain during bloom caused yields to be lower than normal - focusing concentration of berry and flavor development. A cooler than normal July and August helped the fruit ripen steadily and we harvested these vineyards in early October. The 2020 wines are marked by concentrated flavors, richness, and intensity.