Club Pick Up Party
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2023 Chardonnay – 91 Points from Paul Gregutt
“The crisp, clean fruit is the star here, a mix of apples, jicama radish and lemon zest. There’s a splash of mineral water underlying the fruit and enhancing the overall freshness…”
2023 Chardonnay – 90 Points from James Suckling
“A gentle, medium-bodied wine that’s mild in butter, poached pear and vanilla bean flavors on a soft texture. It’s a friendly crowd-pleaser that aims right down the middle of the road for chardonnay…”
2022 Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir – 92 Points from Decanter
“A bottling from the sought-after Shea Vineyard in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Ripe red and black fruits leap out of the glass with darkly turned earth, clove spice, and red florals. The palate is seriously structured, with dashes of white pepper across ripe dark berries and savoury dried herbs, all finishing with fresh mint…”
Pike Road Wines Soil Series: Sandstone
The Willamette Valley has quite the soil story to tell! Whether it’s volcanic eruptions, oceanic deposits, strong winds, or glacial floods – each soil has its sub-plot. At roughly 120 miles long and 40 miles wide the beautiful Willamette Valley offers a complex mélange of these distinctive soils that are exposed in the eroding hillsides…
Corrine Vineyard
Planted in 1989 by the original owners of Rex Hill, it is a truly unique 27-acre vineyard at the intersection of marine and volcanic soils. Tucked into the south side of the Chehalem Mountains, it is a warmer site for Pinot Noir, producing intense fruit, heady aromatics, and lots of structure. We source from two…
The Chehalem Mountains AVA
To create an AVA (American Viticultural Area) it takes years of climate, soil, watershed, and historical research along with the cooperation of a diverse group of people to get it over the finish line. In other words, it is no easy feat to define a unique growing area. Having been around the process in my…
Fairsing Vineyard: Rooted in Heritage
Not long after I arrived at Pike Road in February 2018, we released our 2016 Pinot Noir from Fairsing Vineyard. The wine was interesting and delicious, but a bit shy at first. As it aged over the following year or two, it blossomed into one of my favorites from our Single Vineyard line-up. I kept…
Xander Taryn Vineyard – A Hidden Gem
We get fruit from some super-star vineyards of the Willamette Valley – well-established names and reputations like Shea, Temperance Hill, and Zenith. Winemakers love to work with these benchmark sites, but sometimes the real fun is the discovery of something relatively unknown and being on the cutting edge of something new. Xander Taryn Vineyard is…
La Dolce Vita Vineyard
La Dolce Vita Vineyards – Passionate owners aspiring to greatness! A textbook Oregon spring day was the perfect time to get out of the office and explore one of the small, family-owned vineyards where we source our grapes. As a red-tailed hawk screamed above, we jumped on a quad with Scott Hildebrandt, owner of La…