2005 Vintage Tasting Notes

This rendition of our Willamette Valley bottling is a slight departure from recent bottlings, in that a substantial portion of the fruit (ca. 40%) now derives from Ford Vineyard, an excellent young vineyard just NE and slightly downhill from Freedom Hill Vineyard in the foothills of the Coast Range. The wine does share with past vintages though a pronounced black cherry fruit and considerable viscosity. It has the firmness and concentration of the 2004 vintage yet with a "jammy" quality and a surprisingly bright fruit acid. Theh other sources of fruit for this year's blend are Mahonia Vineyard (35%) and Eola Springs Vineyard (25%). After fermentation, the wine was aged in ca. 80% older French oak barrels and 20% in stainless steel tank. It was racked gently off the sediment twice for clarity prior to bottling in August 2005 and was not filtered.- the winery

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