2019 Cuvée E Chardonnay

This Chardonnay is a harmonious blend of three Vineyard sites in Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Yates Conwill, Saffron Fields, and Maverick Vineyard. Primarily consisting of Chardonnay Clone 76, 95 and 548.

The nose entry has fresh-pressed linen and notes of new hay bales. Opening with a lovely tart, minerality, accents of lemon, nectarines, and tropical fruits. The finish is more about salivating, with a light oak influence, tropical nuances, mango, and brine.

2019 Maverick Vineyard Chardonnay

Fifty Fifty Blend of 76 and 95 clones of Chardonnay. Grown on a small bump of a vineyard, south facing at around 275 feet in elevation. Corrected row directions for “true floating north” and kicked out another few degrees to lessen the sun exposure. Coming in at less than three tons per acre. Harvest with brightness in the juice.
Aromatics: Bright, crisp lemon slice. Lanolin, hot candle wax. Smell: Freshly grated coconut with a squeeze of lemon.
Second Pass (10 minutes) freshly cut lawn, hot honey comb
Third Pass (another 10 minutes) Salty lemon rind in a vegetable stew
Entry: smooth then acidity makes you salivate, like the old eighth-grade science experiment where you chew up Saltine Crackers, turning from savory to sweet. Amazing.
Mouthfeel: Texture is heavy then light. Finish: Apple, pear skin only, orange peel, some wood tannin present. Coopers: Taransaud, Rousseau, CADUS

2019 Cuvée X Chardonnay

Brioche toasted with homemade butter and lemon curds on the nose. Perhaps even a lemon meringue pie aromatically. Initial grip on entry, but more due to acidity over tannin. Once warmed in the mouth, oyster nectar, fresh off the tree Mirabelle plum juice, a bit of licorice, more akin to anise bulb over the candy. Texture evolves into mouth coating now but with a cleansing of the palate. Super long finish coming back in waves of alfalfa, apple blossoms, and fresh peach.

2019 Yates Conwill Vineyard Chardonnay

Notes of Nashi blossom, Bosc pear, intense green candy apple, fresh pineapple, and slate, with a lean, yet enveloping finish. Texturally, the long lingering finish provides waves of creamy meringue, Sweet tarts, burnt sugar, creme brûlée, custard, than back to lime tarts, lemon zest, and blood orange. Nice acidity. Elegance triumphs over ponderousness!

2019 Cuvée E Pinot Noir

“The nose is a pure red berry, violet and cherry with hints of tobacco. The palate is a pure bright and juicy black fruit with some tea–like dryness on the finish."
-Purely Domestic Wine Report:
93 points
Drink 2018 – 2026.

Entry is big with loads of almost Barolo-like flavors such as stone fruit skin and the plum meat near the seed, a real aggressive intensity of flavors. Even some fresh Thai Basil shows through in more of an anise-like flavor. These flavors are usually a sign of potential longevity in a New World Pinot noir.

2019 Maverick Vineyard Pinot Noir

This bottling of Maverick Vineyard consists of California clones of Pinot Noir: Swan, Eden, and Calera. Grown on a hot site in Yamhill Carlton AVA. Layered flavor with notes of cherry stems, baking spices, and dark fruits. Depth and waves of lush plum lingers into raspberries, candied pecans, and herbed dates on the finish.

2019 Yates Conwill Vineyard Pinot Noir

The nose is a juicy maraschino cherry, with a fragrance of fresh spring meadow, moving into baking spices, cherry pie, and rich plum. The palate is red fruits, marionberry takes over with a sweet, subtle finish.

2019 Saffron Fields Vineyard Pinot Noir

Amazing entry with honeydew melon drizzled with fireweed honey. Closely followed by salted watermelon and honeysuckle stems. The entry is big, but not a massive attack, just a big bear hug of a wine. Bizarre astringency follows up right after the entry with the tannin of the French Oak combining with the acid of limes over lemons. Round mouthfeel shows Red Delicious apples initially then a hot baked apple pie using Granny Smith apples with the skins left on. Finish is linear with Carambola followed by a fresh hot Dutch Baby. And the finish shows Sugar coated apples from the County Fair but dusted with lemon-lime Pixie Stix.
Drink this a bit warmer than normal and in a correct leaded crystal Chardonnay glass over just a large-bowled glass and you will experience what this wine is made to be.

2019 Wind Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir

Wind Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir is home to the most northern vineyard in the Willamette Valley. From vines planted between 1974 and 1988, it is matured in one-third new French oak. It has plenty of dusky red and black fruit on the nose, interlaced with truffle and cola scents. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp acidity, focused tannins, lively red cherries and lingering cranberry that form the caressing, lightly spiced finish.

2018 Cuvée E Chardonnay

This Chardonnay is a harmonious blend of three Vineyard sites in Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Yates Conwill, Saffron Fields, and Maverick Vineyard. Primarily consisting of Chardonnay Clone 76, 95 and 548.

The nose entry has fresh-pressed linen and notes of new hay bales. Opening with a lovely tart, minerality, accents of lemon, nectarines, and tropical fruits. The finish is more about salivating, with a light oak influence, tropical nuances, mango, and brine.

2018 Cuvée X Chardonnay

Brioche toasted with homemade butter and lemon curds on the nose. Perhaps even a lemon meringue pie aromatically. Initial grip on entry, but more due to acidity over tannin. Once warmed in the mouth, oyster nectar, fresh off the tree Mirabelle plum juice, a bit of licorice, more akin to anise bulb over the candy. Texture evolves into mouth coating now but with a cleansing of the palate. Super long finish coming back in waves of alfalfa, apple blossoms, and fresh peach.

2018 Yates Conwill Vineyard Chardonnay

Notes of Nashi blossom, Bosc pear, intense green candy apple, fresh pineapple, and slate, with a lean, yet enveloping finish. Texturally, the long lingering finish provides waves of creamy meringue, Sweet tarts, burnt sugar, creme brûlée, custard, than back to lime tarts, lemon zest, and blood orange. Nice acidity. Elegance triumphs over ponderousness!

2018 Cuvée E Pinot Noir

“The nose is a pure red berry, violet and cherry with hints of tobacco. The palate is a pure bright and juicy black fruit with some tea–like dryness on the finish."
-Purely Domestic Wine Report:
93 points
Drink 2018 – 2026.

Entry is big with loads of almost Barolo-like flavors such as stone fruit skin and the plum meat near the seed, a real aggressive intensity of flavors. Even some fresh Thai Basil shows through in more of an anise-like flavor. These flavors are usually a sign of potential longevity in a New World Pinot noir.

2018 Maverick Vineyard Pinot Noir

This bottling of Maverick Vineyard consists of California clones of Pinot Noir: Swan, Eden, and Calera. Grown on a hot site in Yamhill Carlton AVA. Layered flavor with notes of cherry stems, baking spices, and dark fruits. Depth and waves of lush plum lingers into raspberries, candied pecans, and herbed dates on the finish.

2018 Cuvée O Pinot Noir

Darker than my normal style of Pinot noir, this wine is almost brooding in color, still translucent but deeper. Aromatics are more akin to the smell of dusty fruit ripening along a gravel road, of which we have plenty of out here with a seemingly limitless wild plum tree population. First intake shows intense acid, an impassioned combination of blood orange and pomegranate. This wine gets your attention right up front. With acidity comes salivation and flavors like a bowl of blackberries combined with Candy Cap mushrooms and a squeeze of lime intensify your experience. The tannins, while present, are superfine and offer a nice juxtaposition to the fruit and acid three-legged stool at this point. Yes, the wine is all “asses and elbows” as they say, you know; things that stick out.

Cuvee O happens to be a rare bottling. Since my start in 1998, there have only been six bottlings...

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2018 Saffron Fields Vineyard Pinot Noir

Amazing entry with honeydew melon drizzled with fireweed honey. Closely followed by salted watermelon and honeysuckle stems. The entry is big, but not a massive attack, just a big bear hug of a wine. Bizarre astringency follows up right after the entry with the tannin of the French Oak combining with the acid of limes over lemons. Round mouthfeel shows Red Delicious apples initially then a hot baked apple pie using Granny Smith apples with the skins left on. Finish is linear with Carambola followed by a fresh hot Dutch Baby. And the finish shows Sugar coated apples from the County Fair but dusted with lemon-lime Pixie Stix.
Drink this a bit warmer than normal and in a correct leaded crystal Chardonnay glass over just a large-bowled glass and you will experience what this wine is made to be.

2018 Wind Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir

Wind Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir is home to the most northern vineyard in the Willamette Valley. From vines planted between 1974 and 1988, it is matured in one-third new French oak. It has plenty of dusky red and black fruit on the nose, interlaced with truffle and cola scents. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp acidity, focused tannins, lively red cherries and lingering cranberry that form the caressing, lightly spiced finish.

2018 Yates Conwill Vineyard Pinot Noir

The nose is a juicy maraschino cherry, with a fragrance of fresh spring meadow, moving into baking spices, cherry pie, and rich plum. The palate is red fruits, marionberry takes over with a sweet, subtle finish.