Evening Land Vineyards Pinot noir Summum 07
Evening Land Vineyards' premier Pinot noir, made from the oldest Pinot vines at Seven Springs Vineyard. The vines grow on a tiny lens at the bottom well of the La Source Cross where the ancient lava flow spread from North to South. The Witzel soils of Summum are extremely shallow and measure less than 1 foot before the roots strike hardened lava.
I suspect a Pinot has never been made exclusively from this tiny section of Seven Springs. The winemakers chose well, and the wine has intensity and a strong sense of place. Even more than the other Pinots made by Evening Land from this vineyard, Summum shows the minerality, intensity, and characteristic blackberry and currant notes this vineyard is known for.
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Evening Land Vineyards grows estate pinot noir from several highly acclaimed terriors—the Sonoma Coast (the Carl Myers Vineyard and the Occidental Vineyard), Santa Rita Hills (Looking Glass Vineyard in Santa Barbara County) and in the Willamette Valley of Oregon (Seven Springs Vineyard in the Eola Hills). Tarlov brought in Dominique Lafon for the Oregon wines, a superstar in the Meursault district of Burgundy, well known for brilliant, but hard-to-get Chardonnay. LaFon brought in Isabelle Meunier as primary winemaker, who worked in Niagara, Canada with former Oregon winemaker (Lemelson) Thomas Bachelder.
