Raptor Ridge Pinot Noir Barrel Select 2024
Raptor Ridge Pinot Noir Barrel Select 2024
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
Drinking Window 2026 - 2027
The 2024 Pinot Noir Barrel Select is dusty and floral, with a whiff of dried strawberries and sage wafting up from the glass. It washes across the palate with soft textures and lifted red berry fruit. The finish tapers off with a hint of blood orange, short yet clean. - By Eric Guido on July 2026
Our Tasting Note
Transparent ruby red, lighter pink edges. A med+ nose of florals and spices lead with higher toned bright and fresh red cherry, red raspberry, rose petals, very subtle cinnamon and all spice, with a touch of damp earthy soils. Another excellent value for domestic Pinot Noir. Medium bodied, with fine grain medium tannin, bright med/med+ acidity, med+ flavor intensity, this finishes energetic and fresh with the fruit, spice, and rose tapering gently!
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.
