Et Fille Pinot noir
from Et Fille Wines is an Avalon Wine favorite.
Et Fille specializes in small lot Pinot noir
from single vineyard sites. It's a father/daughter
operation.
Et Fille wines are made from purchased fruit,
yet the winemaking has a distinct quality all
its own. Howard and his daughter Jessica have
already, after three vintages, evolved a style
of their own.
Et Fille's 2005 pinot noirs are just out.
While they are no longer making a Seven Springs
Vineyard Pinot, they have replaced it with
an exciting lineup: Pinot noirs from Palmer
Creek, Kalita, Elton, and Maresh Vineyards,
and for the first time, a Willamette Valley
Pinot noir made from a blend of the same vineyards.
Howard and Jessica in Kalita Vineyard
Jessica
and Howard, discussing their wines, say "we
always deal in small lots of grapes (so that
we can get just the clones we want), small
fermentation lots (which gives us enhanced
flexibility in our winemaking), and small French
oak barrels (which can help in the wine's complexity).
We always sort, punch-down, and top-off by
hand, so that we are close to the wine every
step along the way to the bottle."
Last night I cracked into a 2006 Et Fille Palmer Creek Pinot for the first time since trying it in December. WOW, am I glad I did. It was a bit young last year, but now it's kicking ass. At $32 it
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Save $46.45 from $356.40 retail
3- Et Fille Palmer Creek 06 $32
3- Redman Pinot noir 06 $27
3- Cancilla Cellars Pinot noir 06 $30
3-
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Et Fille 2006 Pinot noir mixed case
Contains:
6 - Et Fille Willamette Valley 06 $23.95
2- Et Fille Kalita 06 $37.95
2- Maresh 06 $42.95
2- Palmer Creek 06 $31.95
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Et Fille 2006 Maresh Vineyard Pinot noir info
Avalon says:
Jean: Maresh fruit, once almost exclusively sold to Rex Hill, is no
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A broad-shouldered beauty. Super-ripe, yet with all the necessary
"stuffing"--tons of blueberry and dark dried cherry with spicy
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Et Fille 2006 Willamette valley Pinot noir info
Only available in case pack- very limited
Avalon says:
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Et Fille's lovely Rose has that fresh strawberry note in scent and flavor that makes the best Oregon roses so good. Flavors are of fresh strawberries, fresh red raspberries, a hint of anise, and lots ...read more
Et Fille has produced a delicious, complex, true- to the varietal wine, ready to be enjoyed by iteself or with lighter foods. Great summer sipper on a hot day. ...read more
2006 release coming in spring, 2008. Tasting the wine in barrel, February 1, 2008 -- wow. One rich, big wine with black berry and cherry flavors, this is a multilayered sweet spice Pinot noir. This
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Restrained nose with pure fruit scents, red raspberry and rose petal dominant. A subtle undercurrent of toast and spice shows under the fruit scents. From first contact, the wine says "classic". Flavo ...read more >>
