Here's some finished bottles of the Pinot Noir I bottled yesterday. The wine, made from grapes grown in the Willamette Valley (Dundee Hills, AVA) is lighter than my preference. The flavor is great but the color sits between a Rose' and my impressions of a Central Coast Pinot Noir. I went back in forth in my struggle for a fuller Pinot and considered many times fortifying the wine with Syrah. In the end I bottled it without that addition. Dundee Hills is colder than Central Coast (CA) and will produce a lighter Pinot.
I bottled 125 bottles from last years harvest.
*color of pic is TERRIBLE... Caps are white and label is light purple.
I bottled 125 bottles from last years harvest.
*color of pic is TERRIBLE... Caps are white and label is light purple.