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This Dundee Hills Pinot is complex and beautiful, with rhubarb, dried violets, black tea and plum. The palate brings sour cherry, white pepper, stone fruit and earth, with a lovely balance of tannins and the bright lift of vibrant red fruit and acidity.
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Food pairings: Cedar-plank roasted salmon, pan-seared duck breast, herb-roasted pork tenderloin, or a wild mushroom tart.
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Winemaking: The fruit is hand-picked into 25-pound totes, then hand-sorted and destemmed in the estate's four-level gravity-flow winery. Fermentations are long and careful, and by November the wine is in barrel. Barrels are custom made in Burgundy from French oak; the importer describes a house practice of approximately 20% new oak, so the character of the soil and vintage can show through.
Vineyards and terroir: This cuvée has been made since the 1988 vintage and is sourced entirely from the Drouhin family's Dundee Hills estate, on the iron-rich volcanic Jory soils of the Red Hills. In 2023, budbreak was unusually late, beginning April 30, then an unexpected heat surge and little rainfall compressed the period from budbreak to bloom to less than 45 days. Harvest started in September with healthy fruit, some significant rain arrived toward the end of the month, and the harvest concluded on October 5.
Family and history: Domaine Drouhin Oregon was established by Robert Drouhin of Maison Joseph Drouhin in Burgundy, with a first vintage in 1988. Winemaker Véronique Drouhin-Boss, steeped in her family's work in Beaune, has crafted every vintage of the Oregon wines since that first year. The house style aims for elegance, balance, and finesse.
