- Variety: Pinot Noir
- Vintage: 2009
- Vineyard: Hyland & Olsen Vineyards
- Alcohol : 13.5% vol
- Volume: 750ml
- AVA: Willamette Valley, OR
- Cases production: 98 cs bottled
Vineyard description : Blend of 3 barrels from Olsen vineyard and 1 barrel from Hyland Vineyard, both vineyards are in the Willamette Valley.
Winemaking Info : 12-day maceration into open top tank, daily punch down and few pumping over, partial press blended back into free-run juice. Full malolactic fermentation. Gravity pumped into a combination of 1/3 new Dargeau & Jaegle and 2/3 used Taransaud and François Frères for 8 months. 75% 2009 Pinot Noir Olsen Vineyard, 25 % 2009 Pinot Noir Hyland Vineyard.
Wine Description : Bright ruby color with a complex bouquet of black cherries, fresh earth and herbal notes of sage. Shows a restrained power and richly expressive fruit. A fine acid backbone balances a medium plus -bodied palate, complex Côte de nuit-style wine with immensely succulent cherry fruit, velvety texture.
Aging Capacity : 5-7 years.
Food Pairing : Can be sipped by itself if decanted for few hours. Salmon on bed of cracked barley and pearl onions. Arctic char on arugula pesto potatoes.
