by Tari Donohue | Feb 15, 2020
2013 Estate Pinot Noir The 2013 vintage produced some elegant wines that typify the cool growing season that used to be the norm in Oregon. However, the 2013 harvest was not one for the faint of heart. A warm spring and summer gave way in September to the remnants of...
by Tari Donohue | Feb 15, 2020
2013 Wedding Block Reserve Pinot Noir In 2013, which was generally considered a cool vintage after the vineyards were pummeled by rain in September, a few barrels stood out from the rest. These barrels became the 2013 Wedding Block Reserve. The clonal blend was 67%...
by Tari Donohue | Feb 15, 2020
2015 Pinot Noir – Dijon 777 In 2015, among a cellar full of great wine, several barrels of Dijon 777 stood out as exceptional. I set aside a portion of the wine from four different barrels to make what was for us, a rare, single-clone wine, The only other...
by Tari Donohue | Feb 15, 2020
2015 Wedding Block Reserve For the Wedding Block Reserve, we took the best four barrels from 2015 and aged them for an extra year for a total of 20 months in French oak. The wine in these barrels stood out on its own but the combination of the barrels checked all of...
by ribbonridge | Oct 15, 2021
2016 Estate Pinot Noir The 2016 vintage benefitted from an early spring and a warm, but not hot summer and fall. This allowed us to pick beautiful, luscious fruit in early September, a record for us. The fruit was uniformly pristine when it arrived at the winery with...
