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This mouthwatering ros? Champagne shows textural density, sitting like raw silk on the palate and offering flavors of dried white cherry, grapefruit granita and ground ginger, with a light and lingering toast note
Bottled in February 2024, the 2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc unwinds
with ripe pear, quince, spring blossom, lemon esh and fennel. Mediumbodied at most, the refreshing 2023 hits the palate with lively acidity,
which can partially be traced back to block...
The 2023 Châteauneuf du Pape will be beautiful, with a charming, soft, supple, forward style. Ripe red and black fruits, peppery herbs, and lavender notes all define the bouquet, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a layered, elega...
Koosah, translated as “heavenly sky” in local Chinook jargon, became a fitting name for the 80 acre saddle of a windswept pinnacle in the central Eola-Amitys hills, purchased and developed by Kevin and Carla Chambers to become what was their self described “magnum opus”. After more than a quarter century farming their former vineyard Resonance, (and in addition to many roles in bettering the Oregon wine community and industry), they began planting the Basalt laden crest in 2016, with a current total of nearly 45 acres under vine. The majority of the site tilts steeply down an Eastern face, resulting in well exposed rows with elevation change of nearly 200 vertical feet, while the Western side of the apex drops steeply downhill before forming a bowl with young vines on the far edge of the property. Situated like a helix shape in this high, protected valley is the first Pinot noir, Block 1, a 2.15 acre parcel planted in a massale selection of 5 Dijon clones, ranging from 950 to almost 1050 feet elevation. We believe this is the highest elevation Pinot noir being farmed in the Eola-Amity Hills. We reference “The Cosmic Pipe” after the Radionic Broadcaster of the same colloquial name, fixed into the fractured Basalt just above the steep set of vines adjacent to this block. To some extent, we consider the Pipe the axis for the energy of the farm, and Kevin would claim it is used as much to focus our intent as winegrowers. While we have also worked with rows from the lower Eastern block, the vigor and energy in Block 1 has resulted in our most expressive and complete wines from the young site.
2021 was the first year this canopy hit a mature stride, yielding the perfect amount of fruit for two identical three ton fermenters, filled using 10% as whole clusters. These were wonderfully foamy and energetic ferments, hitting ideal peak temperatures and finishing their sugar conversions before twenty days. After nearly 16 months in a selection of tight-grained French Oak including 25% new, The Cosmic Pipe rested in stainless for just over three weeks before bottling on March 23, 2023. Heady mix of crushed berries, seaweed salad, high floral tones and pitty funk. Tense, purple, almost crushed pez, a fragrant spiced character frames the broad range of wound up aromatics. Super juicy on entry, the strength of the wine well matched against vibrating acid. Spicy fruit but not only red, an almost exotic shade shows more evident on the palate. Tannins are especially refined here, prickly in their youth but with a powerful level of throughput and persistence. All the way from fresh and bright to dark and brooding, an overarching elegance lends a very sexy, alluring quality—uniquely rounded and graceful build around a coiled and mouthwatering core. 95 cases and 18 magnums produced 13.5 % alcohol by volume
The 2022 Pinot Noir Gap's Crown Vineyard has bright, detailed scents of red cherry, cranberry, rose petals, earth and tea leaves, and it opens dramatically as it spends time in the glass. The light-bodied palate is silky and vibrant. It's loaded with perf...
The 2023 Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard comes from 30-year-old Wente vines, and the wine was matured for 18 months in 20% new French oak. It has slowly unfolding scents of orchard fruit, oyster shell, bread dough, hazelnuts and floral perfume. The light-bodied ...
