Our 2021 Pinot Noir is produced exclusively from our Block One vineyard. The wine is 50% Pommard Clone, 25% 777 Clone, and 25% 115 CLone. During vinification, destemmed and whole berries were gently gravity-transferred to small fermenters where we used specially selected yeast strains from Burgundy, France for fermentation. Then, freshly pressed wine was transferred to French oak for aging 16 months prior to bottling. This vintage was 25% New French barrels, 25% once-filled French, and 50% neutral French oak.

Grown from the difficult soils of the Rogue Valley, our 2021 Block One Pinot Noir is produced in an Old World style using specially selected Burgundian yeasts. It offers lovely, layered aromatics of fresh raspberries, red currant jelly with a backdrop of flinty minerality from our rocky soil. It is light bodied with a silky texture and seamless finish. This wine is wonderful now but will be perfect with 2 - 5 years of cellaring.

Our 2021 Pinot Noir is best savored slightly cooler than room temperature, ideally around 55°F. Cooler temperatures accentuate the aromatic profile of the wine and allow a fantastic unveiling of new flavors and aromatics as the wine warms in the glass.

The bright red fruits on display lend themselves to a wide variety of pairings. Everything from light salmon to gamey elk can pair nicely. A particularly delightful pairing that we’ve enjoyed is with fatty pan-roasted duck with wild mushrooms. The acidity of this vintage cuts through the richness of the duck fat while the earthiness of the mushrooms highlights the brightness of the fruit.

Block One is predominantly Agate-Winlo soil, an extremely coarse sandy loam soil complex with neutral pH (6.6pH). Block One has an average elevation of 1575 ft, but ranges 125 ft over its ~14 acre extent (1525-1650 ft). Cool climate for the area with big temperature swings between night and day.