2022 Pinot Noir Croft
91 Rating NW Wine Report
"The winery hasn’t made this wine since 2011. This offering was aged 18 months in French oak (20% new). The aromas lead with notes of freshly brewed coffee followed spice, black licorice, and dark cherry, with barrel notes primary. Full-bodied, pleasing flavors follow. Espresso notes linger on the finish. Fruit and barrel play equal parts in the show. 14% alcohol. Screwcap. 164 cases produced."
Organic Fruit from the single Vineyard Croft in Willamette Valley Oregon. The 2022 vintage is tasting so delicious. Critic Paul Gregutt describes this vintage as “a tasty, focused wine which should drink well through the rest of the decade and beyond”
91 points NW Wine Report Sean Sullivan
"The winery hasn’t made this wine since 2011. This offering was aged 18 months in French oak (20% new). The aromas lead with notes of freshly brewed coffee followed spice, black licorice, and dark cherry, with barrel notes primary. Full-bodied, pleasing flavors follow. Espresso notes linger on the finish. Fruit and barrel play equal parts in the show. 14% alcohol. Screwcap. 164 cases produced."
Seven small vineyards located in the heart of the Willamette Valley. Many of the vineyards are over 15 years old and all dry farmed. Soil types are mostly Alluvial Soil (a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains) and Bellpine series(consists of moderately deep, well drained soils that formed in colluvium and residuum derived from sedimentary rocks). Clones include: Pommard, Wädenswil,115, 777 and 667 and the average yield for each vineyard is about 2.25 tons per acre.
Each vineyard produced separately in small 1.5 ton fermenters with the use of manual punch downs of the caps two times a day during fermentation. The wines from each vineyard after fermentation was then stored in French oak barrels for a number of months before being blended and bottled. Wines were bottled in Screwcap Closures to retain it great fruit flavors and aromas.
