Appellation: Dundee Hills A.V.A.
Picking Date: 6 October 2019
Barrels: neutral Burgundy barrels (228L) made from French forests
Bottling Date: 10 August 2020
Alcohol: 12.5 %
Whole Cluster: none this year
Cases Produced: 264

Jake's Take (9/28/26): I drank this gem a few months back and was thoroughly impressed. I have been a fan of Kelley's wines for years now but had never had the Royal Ann from the Maresh plot. This wine is delicate, sexy and just pretty. It hits you on the nose like a stunning silk dress with wild cherry, mountain flowers and that classic Oregon bramble that I love. It has a long & sultry finish and is the perfect bottle of red for lighter proteins and Mediterranean fair

96 points Vinous Media
Drinking window: 2025 - 2035
Glistening red. Vibrant red fruit, baking spice and potpourri aromas are complemented by building floral and smoky mineral top notes. Densely packed yet lithe in character, showing outstanding clarity to juicy Chambord, boysenberry, cherry and floral pastille flavors that are braced by an undercurrent of juicy acidity. Smoothly plays power off finesse and finishes impressively long and sappy, with sneaky tannins shaping lingering lavender and botanical herb notes.

This set of 2019s represents yet another stellar collection of graceful wines from Kelley Fox, who has been making some of the Willamette Valley’s most finely detailed, perfumed, unadorned and elegant Pinots for some time now. While she is deeply rooted in the Dundee Hills, especially the legendary Maresh vineyard, she’s beginning to branch out, and in this vintage, she produced her first wines (both outstanding) from the famed Carter and Canary Hill sites in the Eola-Amity Hills. Her work with fruit from McMinnville’s famed Hyland vineyard is extremely impressive as well. Word has gotten out and the wines have become increasingly more difficult to track down, so this is yet another winery where going directly to the source is a smart move. It’s a two-person operation, so the odds are high that you’ll be dealing with Kelley herself. - Josh Raynolds February 2022