Retail $25. Under screw cap. 100% Pinot Noir. Medium color with strawberry and a hint of rhubarb on the nose. Good fruit on the palate as well, but far from fruit-bomby. Really well balanced and tasty. There is a bit of flintiness on the finish that I didn’t love, but this is a fantastic rosé.

The 2023 Ovitelli Blanc is a blend of Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Roussanne, Clairette and Bourboulenc. This is quite enchanting in a finer, detailed style as it builds aromas of citrus, honeysuckle and acacia. The 2023 is fresh and composed with some serious acidity which is well matched to layers of tight flavor, accented by an attractive bite of skin tannins before building into a long, seamless finish. This confident release was enhanced by the cooler growing season.

The 2022 Cabernet Franc The Nest is well composed, delivering fine-tuned aromas of blackcurrant and gravel with plummy richness and cedary oak sitting in unison. This is medium-bodied and savory, with earthy/gravel tones at its heart while a firm line of sinewy tannins keeps impressive focus over an extended, fine finish.

The 2022 Shiraz Brooks Road impresses with its style and substance. On the nose, lashings of blackberry and cherry compote aromas develop underneath meaty and spicy tones. It has a deliciously overt vibrancy and energy as it bursts with flavor, fresh acidity and powdery tannins, which build a strong, linear finish that combines to offer a strong medium-term proposition.

The 2022 Malbec is another terrific 2022 in the lineup from Carpenter. Inky colored, it delivers a rocking array of blue fruits, sappy herbs, sage, and resinous notes, with an interesting rhubarb character that adds rather than detracts. Medium to full-bodied, this shows impressive purity and elegance on the palate, with perfectly integrated acidity and a balanced, ripe, juicy profile. The wine spent 22 months in French oak (26% new) and should drink nicely for a decade or more. There were just 161 cases produced.

The 2022 La Jota Merlot Howell Mountain is a deep ruby-purple effort that incorporates 14% Petit
Verdot and was aged 22 months in 60% new French oak. It delivers beautiful notes of red and black
plums, dark cherries, leather, and graphite, along with subtle baking spice nuances. Medium to fullbodied, rich, and concentrated, it stays remarkably straight and focused on the palate, with a
beautiful texture and outstanding balance. This impressive Merlot from Chris Carpenter will benefit
from a year or two of bottle age and keep for 10-15 years.

There's terrific energy to the ripe, round flavors of blueberry, spiced plum. Date and kirsch as they give way to white pepper- infused accents of spices, herbs and tobacco. Shows appealing touches of loam and fried mushroom on the finish.—M.W.

Black olive tapenade, date-nut bread and bittersweet chocolate notes mingle with a core of cassis, blackberry and huckleberry on a velvety frame. A juicy thread of acidity keeps the flavors lively and focused, with espresso, cedar and herbal hints firming up on the finish. —M.W.

This delivers the fresh and vivid profile of the vintage, with a burst of iris and violet notes backed by juicy red currant and cherry compote details. Apple wood and iron accent the finish while letting the fruit course through. Best from 2026 through 2038. 1,649 cases made.

The 2022 Pinot Noir Soberanes Vineyard from this great vineyard holds the heat of the vintage well, displaying both richness and freshness with ample tannin and structure. The dark berry fruit is accented in cardamom, clove, and nutmeg with earthy notes of forest and sage. Drink or cellar through 2030.

From the southern end of the appellation, the 2022 Pinot Noir Sierra Mar Vineyard was grown in sandy, rocky soils where the water percolates right through. A powerful wine always, but particularly in this warm vintage, it showcases a depth of dark fruit, earth, and clove, with meaty, savory accents. The oak keeps it cohesive and in check. Drink now through 2030.

The 2023 Pinot Noir is defined more by acidity than tannin, displaying an elegantly light, bright and broadly appealing degree of freshness and breadth. A little more whole-cluster fermentation (15-20%) was used than in warmer vintages, adding spice and complexity. It should age well 5-7 years.

was a light to medium yellow/gold color with a dark gray penumbra. Aromas were lovely warm white chocolate, pome blossoms, citrus and dusty oak notes. More than medium-bodied, not quite dry, fair acidity, luscious, beautifully balanced oak, and great flavors reflective of the aromas with apple and white pepper notes. Finished long on the trailing palate, accelerating ginger, and a spot-on 13.5% alcohol. Paired perfectly with my fried chicken. Worth every penny!!!

Dark plums, black fruits, chocolate, and spice notes emerge from the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Sycamore Vineyard, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it shows good density and mid-palate depth, with ripe, velvety tannins and outstanding length. Drink over the coming 7-9 years.

Sleek and dark Pinot Noir from the wonderful Zena Crown vineyard, facing west towards the Van Duzer Corridor in some of the most esteemed real estate in the Eola-Amity Hills. It shows cool blue fruits on the nose with pretty violet aromas and a hint of turned earth. The palate gives mouthfuls of wild mountain berries as fresh blue fruits dance around hints of wild meadow herbs and a kiss of fresh mint on the finish. Drinking Window: 2025 – 2030

This is the top bottling in the Willakenzie Chardonnay site; there's a block in the Clairere section of the estate on the western side of the block towards the top of the hill, at 620ft of elevation. Aromatically soft and inviting with spices, poached pomme fruits, and a brisk note of flower pollen. The palate fills out but is dazzlingly fresh, with tart citrus cream and a lengthy, rich finish with a note of lemon curd.

In the steepest and windiest portion of the site, Triple Black, the wind builds structure, and the Western exposure gives it more power, ripeness and dark fruit. There's excellent freshness to
be found in mountain herbs and violets and freshly crushed Oregon blackberries. It's ripe and redolent for the Willakenze bottlings but delivers excellent minerality and freshness through the Finish.

A blend from all the neighbourhoods across the estate. Erik wanted to develop a wine that spoke to the estate's character as a whole. This is made before the single-lot wines are vinified. Red fruited and fresh with ample earth, wild strawberries and spiced savoury aromatics. The palate is fleshy and full, with black fruits, classic notes of wild mint and ripe bing cherries.

Opulent aromatics, Erik goes for a dynamic tension in the wines. Fudres and only 3/4 of the way through malolactic fermentation. Honeyed aromatics, poached pear and nutmeg spice lean into creamy citrus. The palate shows a depth of fruit, with baked apples

A blend of two estate sites, 70% WIllakenzie from and 30% Jory Hills Vineyard, with classic Willamette Valley fresh berries. Sweet herbs and lilac with savoury notes of chicory root on the palate that is balanced by red brambles and a finish of sea salnitiy.

Comprised of western blocks of the Zena Crown site, this wine shows an array of ripe berries and rich, savoury tones on the aromatic profile. The palate is savoury at the fore, with
pennyroyal and wild mint framing blue fruits and early-season blackberries. There is a tautness to the wine that takes some time to unravel.

Perfumed and floral with ample dark fruits, the lower blocks of 777 help soften the wines. The block of 114 on the southern blocks is treated with ample whole clusters to freshen the wine. From the upper blocks, the Pommard clones give the wines their structure. The palate offers black tea with a tannic backbone, dark red plums, and notes of toasted cinnamon stick. A wild amaro spice stamps the finish.

Shea is a Willamette Valley icon, and the fruit for this wine comes from a Pommard clone from block two, among the oldest plantings on the site's east side and a newer block on the western side. It shows the site's signature with dark fruits, dusty blackberry aromas, and ripe red plum. The palate shows a gravelly dust minerality that plays alongside fresh blackberries and savoury mint notes

Old plantings—this is the first site planted in the Ribbon Ridge in 1988. There's a sauvage note to this wine, a wild spice character that shows in the aromatics alongside plenty of dried herbs. There's a savoury core to the palate that frames taut early-season blackberries, muddled mint leaves, and an excellent saline smoked sea salt finish.

This is a six-acre Dundee Hills site towards the centre of the appellation. It shows a brilliant savoury character from the jump, with classic fresh red fruit, wild strawberries, rosehip oil, and a note of alpine meadow herbs. The palate is fresh and linear, with a saline mineral spine that frames red bramble fruits, wild raspberries, and a raspberry leaf savoury finish.