- Practicing Organic
- 100% Pinot Noir
- Dundee Hills AVA
- Sourced from Balcombe Vineyard at 600-700 ft elevation
- Site planted in 1990 to Pommard Pinot Noir clone
- 40-50% whole cluster fermentation
- 4 day cold soak
- Full fermentation from beginning to pressing was 17-18 days
- Aged 9 months in barrel, 16% new oak
- Bottled unfined and unfiltered
- 474 cases produced
- 13.5% abv
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2022
Country:
United States
Region:
Oregon
Appellation:
Dundee Hills
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Sustainable
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | US-PGC-42-22 | 12/750ml |
Press & Reviews
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
96
Date
2024-08-30
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Balcombe Vineyard is a bright magenta/ruby hue and reveals notes of darker baking spices, cardamom, a fresh floral perfume, and black raspberries. It's highly elegant on the palate, with seamless, supple tannins, ripe acidity, and harmony all the way through. A quintessential Dundee Hills red, it's approachable now but will have a wide drinking window over the coming 10-15 years."
Vinous
Score
94+
Date
2024-09-09
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Balcombe Vineyard captivates with a peppery blend of wild strawberries, grilled herbs and dusty dried flowers. This sweeps across the palate with ripe red and blue fruits, accelerated by juicy acidity as a saturation of saline minerals adds contrast toward the close. A web of grippy tannins lingers as the mouth waters for more, leaving a flourish of blue and purple inner florals to resonate."