Best Buy! The Stoller Wine Group describes this young brand as a collaborative effort among the winemakers at Chehalem Winery and Stoller Family Estate, and there’s definitely synergy at play. Bill Stoller’s myriad plantings of Pinot Gris include Corral Creek and four clones at Chehalem Estate Vineyard, so there are options available to Melissa Burr, Kate Payne Brown and Katie … [Read more...] about Chemistry Wine 2020 Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $16.99
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Sidereus Vineyard & Winery 2021 Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $25
The plantings of the late Jim Witte live on in this bottling from A Blooming Hill Vineyard fruit by longtime Willamette Valley winemaker Jason Bull. Ruth and Skip Tarr recently took over the 20-year-old site just south of Cornelius, Ore., and have relaunched the brand as Sidereus - Latin for stellar. Their site in the Chehalem Mountains made up most of this bottling. It’s a fun … [Read more...] about Sidereus Vineyard & Winery 2021 Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $25
Lenné Estate 2019 Pinot Noir, Yamhill-Carlton, $40
Three of the four clones of Pinot Noir planted across 15 acres of Steven and Karen Lutz's near the town of Yamhill are reflected in these four barrels. Pommard makes up the equivalent of two barrels, with 115 and 777 each contributing a barrel-worth of fluid. They all came off Oct. 3-4, and it's a marvelous example of a vintage deemed as "classic" by critics, ranking alongside … [Read more...] about Lenné Estate 2019 Pinot Noir, Yamhill-Carlton, $40
Yamhill Valley Vineyards 2021 Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir, McMinnville, $20
Ariel Eberle is well into her second decade making wine for the Burger family, and her touch with rosé from their 150-acre vineyard has been decorated along the way. She focuses the rosé on Dijon clone 115 fruit from two distinct blocks established in 2000 - Rainbow above the winery and Boot in the lowest corner of their plantings. She continues to dial in a pinkish salmon … [Read more...] about Yamhill Valley Vineyards 2021 Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir, McMinnville, $20
Marshall Davis Wine 2018 Marshall Davis Vineyard Chardonnay, Yamhill-Carlton, $40
This estate project by this trio linked by family, friendship and The Horse Radish in downtown Carlton, Ore., now serves up a reserve Chardonnay approach in its 100% oak influence yet comes with delicious balance. Of those barrels, 20% were new French oak, accounting for the hint of brioche behind the dusty pear, Granny Smith apple and lemony aromas. There's pleasing brightness … [Read more...] about Marshall Davis Wine 2018 Marshall Davis Vineyard Chardonnay, Yamhill-Carlton, $40