2022 Temperance Hill Pinot Noir
94 Points | Jeb Dunnuck – A joyful and delicious Pinot Noir with berry, violet, and rosemary notes, refined tannins, and bright food-friendly acidity.
Comprised of pinot noir grapes from Temperance Hill vineyard located in the Eola-Amity Hills. The vines were planted in 1981 in volcanic basalt-jory, nekia, and ritner soil. Temperance Hill Vineyard is farmed organically.
Only 200 cases produced!
Flavor Notes
Jeb Dunnuck | 94 points - "The 2022 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard is a blend of 777 and 943 and pours a bright ruby/magenta color, with a deeper tone on the nose as well, offering notes of black raspberries, rosemary, dark stones, and tea leaves. Medium-bodied, but rounder and with more depth on the palate, it has ripe, sweet tannins and a weightless feel, although it saturates the palate with pure ripeness. A lovely wine with excellent freshness, drink it over the next 10-12 years."
Winemaking Notes
Heavy frost in April delayed flowering and pushed back the season. Cool temperatures in May and June further delayed the vintage. The fear was that the grapes wouldn't ripen in time for harvest if the rain and cold weather came in early October as usual.
Luckily July and August saw hot temperatures that helped accelerate ripening, and temperatures remained warm, and the rains held off until mid-October, allowing for an extended ripening period.
We let our grapes hang out until the last possible minute, just before the rain and cold weather hit. The 2022 harvest was fast and furious, to say the least! The resultant wines are stunningly balanced and expressive. A truly classic Oregon vintage!
- Type
- Red
- Varietal
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Oregon
- Appellation
- Eola -Amity Hills
- Vintage
- 2022
- Vineyards
- Temperance Hill
- Filtration
- Cross-Flow
- Case production
- 200
- Crush format
- Hand Sorted and 100% Destemmed
- Bottling date
- 2023-09-15
- Harvest date
- 2022-10-18
- Vessel
- French Oak Barrels
- Alcohol percentage
- 13
- Ph
- 3.4
- Acid
- 6.26 g/L
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