A deep, serious and structured wine that’s quietly powerful and age-worthy at a reasonable price. Tightly woven tannins, black fruit, bracing acidity and an elegant mouthfeel. Reserved in a good way, it is drinkable now but best from 2028.
95 points, Jim Gordon, James Suckling (Mar 2025)
Each glass swirl propels smoked raspberries, cool cellar floor earth, Darjeeling tea and talc aromas. Velvety tannins exercise a subtle grip, and lemony acidity makes the mouth water. The wine's flavors are a mix of black cherry, bergamot orange and light touches of oak spice. There's a purity of fruit here that, when combined with an elegant mouthfeel, makes for a memorable sipping experience.
94 points, Michael Alberty, Wine Enthusiast (Sep 2025)
A bright red color, the 2023 Pinot Noir Dundee Hills is approachable and inviting, with notes of wild roses, cranberries, elegant spices, and a snappy lift of crushed stones. Medium-bodied, it has a lovely chalky texture, balanced acidity, and a clean, balanced length. It’s drinking well now but should also hold up over the coming 6-7 years.
93 points, Audrey Frick, Jeb Dunnuck (Aug 2025)
Well-sculpted and elegantly dynamic, with lilting raspberry and pomegranate flavors laced with green tea, rose petal and savory spice accents. Ends with fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2033. 14,449 cases made.
93 points, Tim Fish, Wine Spectator (Feb 2025)
The 2023 Pinot Noir Dundee Hills has alluring aromas of red cherry, orange peel, damp earth, mushroom and slowly emerging spicy undertones. The medium-bodied palate offers highly concentrated, layered flavors. It’s structured by velvety tannins and bright acidity and has a long, spicy finish.
92 points, Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate (Dec 2025)
A ripe and black-fruited Pinot Noir from the very warm 2023 vintage in the Willamette Valley. It is a generous wine with lavish aromas of blackberry, damson plums and a hint of roast cinnamon stick. The palate shows polish with an intensity of ripe red and black bramble fruits, spicy cola and clove and a finish of structure framed by black tea.
92 points, Clive Pursehouse, Decanter (Feb 2025)
The 2023 Pinot Noir Dundee Hills bursts from the glass with a vividly ripe mix of crushed blackberries, raspberries, licorice and clove. Wild berry fruits unfold across the palate, subtly offset by crunchy mineral tones as an air of violet pastille amasses toward the close. The finish shows chewy length while remaining fresh.
91 points, Eric Guido, Vinous (Jul 2025)
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