Raptor Ridge Pinot Noir Barrel Select 2023
Raptor Ridge Pinot Noir Barrel Select 2023
Regular price
$2899
$28.99
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$24.99 on 12+ bottles (12saves4)
$26.99 on 6+ bottles (6saves2)
$28.99 SALE
$34.99 reg
$26.99 on 6+ bottles (6saves2)
$28.99 SALE
92 pts Wine Enthusiast
Fruit meets savory as a ripe, dark raspberry aroma wraps itself around a meaty note similar roasted pork shoulder. The Barrel Select feels crisp and clean on the palate as blackberry, Bergamot orange and cedar flavors lean on stout tannins and gentle acidity for support.
Our Tasting Note
A medium ruby core, lighter red edges. The nose is med+, with cherry, raspberry, vanilla, subtle barrel toast, a touch of savory and a touch of wild florals and roses. Excellent complexity for the price. The palate is medium bodied, with fine and finessed medium grain tannin, the flavor intensity is med+ to pronounced, with an elegant mouthfeel and a pretty and persistent long finish. Excellent!
The winery's love letter to the Willamette Valley is a blend of many of the Willamette Valley's best vineyards that creates a perfectly harmonious mosaic of the different terroirs of the Willamette Valley in one wine. This is always a classically styled Willamette Pinot Noir made to reflect the vintage results every year, not taste the same each year. All of the main sub-regions of the Willamette Valley are represented in this wine: Chehalem Mountains, Yamhill-Carlton, McMinnville, and Eola-Amity Hills.
Source Vineyards:
Tuscowallame Estate 53%
Crawford Beck Vineyard 16%
Zenith Vineyard 11%
Atticus Vineyard 10%
Temperance Hill Vineyard 3%
Bellevue Cross Vineyard 3%
Meredith Mitchell Vineyard 2%
Gran Moraine Vineyard 2%
Farming:
Sustainable, Organic, & Biodynamic
Harvest: September 13 - 23
Winemaking:
Cold Soak for 5 days
Fermentation and maceration for 17-19 days
The oak regimen is all French for 10 months: 15% new oak, the balance 1-3 years used.
ABV: 13.75% pH: 3.57
Bottling: August 27, 2024
Winery: Our Barrel Select is often touted as a tour of Willamette Valley in a glass. This 100% Pinot Noir is made by carefully tasting and specifically selecting 100 barrels for the program from each of our Single Vineyard sites. Represented in the blend are the Willamette Valley sub-AVAs of Chehalem Mountains, Yamhill-Carlton, McMinnville, and Eola-Amity Hills. These prime vineyard sources showcase diverse soil types, microclimates, and clonal selections highlighting how skilled winemaking can knit together varied aspects of the Willamette Valley to create a balanced & comprehensive wine.
Winemaker: Shannon Gustafson
Winegrower: Scott Shull
Pairing & Serving Suggestions: The palate is medium bodied with bright acidity, light tannin, and a long, complex finish. Bright cherry and raspberry notes showcase the climate of Chehalem Mountains, while the McMinnville region brings fresh pomegranate and hibiscus flower to the glass. The palate reveals the cola and cinnamon spice notes of Yamhill-Carlton AVA, and earthy mushroom and black tea notes presented on the finish hail from our source vineyards in the Eola-Amity Hills area. We encourage serving this wine between 55-65°F. This wine pairs easily alongside cheese and charcuterie, baked salmon, roasted chicken or pork, and leaner red meats such as duck breast or filet mignon.
