2016 Sunny Mountain Pinot Noir
Wine & Spirits | 93 Points, Year’s Best Pinot Noirs – Deep layers of red and dark fruits with bright acidity, sweet spice, and savory notes framed by herbal qualities and dusty tannin.
Comprised of pinot noir grapes from Sunny Mountain vineyard located in the Willamette Valley. The vines were planted in 2005 in marine sedimentary-bellpine and volcanic basalt-ritner soil.
This pinot noir is comprised of 3 clones: 23 (Mariafeld), Pommard, and 115.
Only 150 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
Wine & Spirits | 93 Points, Year's Best Pinot Noirs - "Drawn from a southern coastal Willamette site near Eugene, this wine is placid and dark, with scents of warm plum skin and black cherries. There’s a lovely savor to go along with the lean fruit, and a texture as smooth as polished wood. It’s a fine-boned red for smoked salmon."
A full-bodied Pinot Noir with balanced and concentrated notes of cherry and red currant and a rich, spice-laden finish.
Sommelier
Braised pheasant, wild rice pilaf and garden kales would be excellent with this wine.
Culinary Director
Earthy notes of chanterelle, fresh turmeric, and blackberry indicative of its warm, high elevation site
Assistant Winemaker
Winemaking Notes
Similar to the previous two vintages, the 2016 growing season continued to push the envelope for defining the new normal in Oregon as one of the earliest on record. An unusually warm spring brought bud break between 2-4 weeks early, and a short heat spell at bloom condensed the flowering period, resulting in a smaller fruit set. Summer provided average conditions with fewer heat spikes than the 2014 or 2015 vintages, which led to smaller berry size and a high concentration of flavors. A warm August shepherded along the early vintage at Brooks, running from September 2-October 12th. Though it was an intense growing season due to the early start, the harvested grapes showed wonderful concentration and complexity with high natural acidity.
- Type
- Red
- Varietal
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Willamette Valley
- Vintage
- 2016
- Vineyards
- Sunny Mountain Vineyard
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 150
- Aging
- 18 Months
- Fermentation
- 18 Months in French Oak Barrels
- Bottling date
- 2018-05-03
- Harvest date
- 2016-09-12
- Vessel
- French Oak Barrels
- Alcohol percentage
- 14.2
- Ph
- 3.81
- Acid
- 5.4 g/L
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