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This is alluring for its peach, spiced apple and butterscotch flavors. Silky and fresh, offering a mineral element that mingles with baking spice accents on the long finish. Shows fine harmony and presence. Drink now through 2028. 90 cases imported.
The 2019 Vinsacro Dioro Selección is a Vidau field blend sourced from
Monte Yerga in Rioja Oriental. Aged for 18 months in French and
Eastern European oak barrels, it is only released after five years in the
cellar. Dark garnet in color, time in the gl...
The 2021 Chardonnay Willamette Valley opens in the glass with a pretty
blend of crushed yellow apples, spring flowers and wet stone,
complemented by hints of ground ginger. It soothes with its soft textures
and ripe orchard fruits as a gentle tinge of ...
Dark and brooding, the 2021 Pinot Noir Polk County Cuvée mixes flowery
underbrush with autumnal spices and dried black cherries to form its
bouquet. This blends savory and sweet, with wild berry fruits and inner
rose tones elevated by a tinge of sour c...
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
Harvested on October 2, the 2023 Chardonnay Van der Kamp Vineyard was matured for 18 months in 20% new French oak. It has pure aromas of apricot, quince and Meyer lemon plus nuances of roasted almonds and beeswax. The palate features powerful, concentrate...
