2019 Sunny Mountain Pinot Noir
A complex and delicious Pinot Noir with rich notes of dark cherry, pomegranate syrup, and red apple skin. The tannins are seamlessly integrated, and the finish is lengthy.
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 125 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
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Beautiful bouquet of savory notes and stewed strawberries. On the palette - delicate but structured tannins and denser black fruit notes of black cherry.
Sommelier
This wine would be exceptional with seared lamb chops and cherry juniper pan sauce.
Chef
Meticulously farmed in the southern Willamette Valley, the 2019 Sunny Mountain shows off red currant, rose oil, and wild strawberries. This wine has a juicy entry on the palate, generously layered with cherry cola and pomegranate syrup and rounded out by supple, fine tannins.
Enologist
Winemaking Notes
A wet, but warm spring with a few mild frosts during late April and fewer than average heat spikes.
Near-record precipitation amounts during late June and early July brought increased disease pressure to the region.
The vintage will be remembered for the early rains in September and rapid cool down into October which challenged harvesting decisions.
The cool vintage came largely from substantially lower maximum temperatures while minimum temperatures were near average to slightly above average.
A classic Oregon vintage!
- Type
- Red
- Varietal
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Willamette Valley
- Vintage
- 2019
- Vineyards
- Sunny Mountain
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 125
- Aging
- 18 Months
- Crush format
- Hand Sorted and 100% Destemmed
- Bottling date
- 2021-04-30
- Harvest date
- 2019-09-30
- Vessel
- French Oak Barrels
- Alcohol percentage
- 13
- Ph
- 3.69
- Acid
- 5.4 g/L
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