A panel with Masters of Wine awarded this a gold medal at the 2016 Oregon Wine Competition, and it’s easy to see why. Argentine winemaker Juan Pablo Valot continues to produce this Oregon classic in a delightful and fun fashion with a delicately creamy effervescence. Fanciful aromas and flavors of honeysuckle, rosewater, dusty apricot, Sugarfina rosé gummy bears and Sweet … [Read more...] about Silvan Ridge Winery 2015 Semi-Sparkling Early Muscat, Willamette Valley, $16
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ded.reckoning Wine Co. 2015 Sauvignon Blanc, Columbia Valley, $14
Best Buy! Regionally renowned wine merchant Doug Charles of Compass Wines in Anacortes, Wash., goes negoçiant for this collaboration with Sean Boyd, formerly of Woodinville Wine Cellars. They achieved their goal of developing a Sauvignon Blanc specifically for Dungeness crab and other Salish Sea delicacies by using Artz Vineyard on Red Mountain and Stillwater Creek Vineyard in … [Read more...] about ded.reckoning Wine Co. 2015 Sauvignon Blanc, Columbia Valley, $14
Youngberg Hill Vineyards 2013 Jordan Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $50
The Baileys farm this cooler, 4-acre block on their picturesque estate near McMinnville to create a bold and bright Pinot Noir, harvesting the 25-year-old Pommard and Wadenswil clones at about 21 Brix. As a result, the aromas offer hints of pie cherry and orange zest with underlying earthiness, tar and a brush of denim. Its flavor profile of strawberry-rhubarb compote, … [Read more...] about Youngberg Hill Vineyards 2013 Jordan Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $50
Elk Cove Vineyards 2014 Mount Richmond Pinot Noir, Yamhill-Carlton, $60
Adam Campbell and his parents have experienced a number of classic vintages for Oregon Pinot Noir, and they view the early quality of 2014 alongside those from 1988 and 2002. Adam and his wife, Carrie, went in as partners with his folks when they purchased Mount Richmond Vineyard in 1996, and the 105-acre site has produced one of Elk Cove’s best efforts to date with this … [Read more...] about Elk Cove Vineyards 2014 Mount Richmond Pinot Noir, Yamhill-Carlton, $60
Love & Squalor 2012 Antsy Pants Riesling, Willamette Valley, $28
The Portland Wine Company’s reserve-style dry Riesling continues to focus on four-decade-old Brooks Vineyard in the cooler Eola-Amity Hills, but this vintage debuts an inclusion from Sunnyside Vineyard, an even older site planted in 1971. Matt Berson's expression from the 2012 vintage continues with the residual sugar at (0.6%), and here there's a great presentation of acidity. … [Read more...] about Love & Squalor 2012 Antsy Pants Riesling, Willamette Valley, $28