Owen Roe Pinot noir Dundee Hills 09

David O'Reilly made less than 50 cases of this wine, his only AVA designate for 2009.

So approachable it's magnetic. Spicy raspberry and currant with hints of smoke and mineral, this fattens and lengthens through the finish. Very small production from the Durant Vineyard in Oregon's Dundee Hills. - Marcus

2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

EXCLUSIVE TO AVALON! - An elegant, sophisticated Pinot, a distinct change from David's "Kilmore's" massive quality. It's red fruit dominant and a bit young. Decant or cellar for best drinking, this is a lovely, almost delicate Pinot designed for the cellar. Drink 2007-2012.

A tiny seven barrel blend of two vineyards- Durant and McClintock. 5 of the 7 barrels are from a 10 year old block of Pommard clone Pinot noir in Durant Vineyard at a 475 ft. elevation.

The other 2 barrels, lending structure, are from John & Nancy McClintock's vineyard located high in the range at 850 feet.

David says: "a seamless wine with exhuberant red fruits and perfume with a balanced tart cherry finish."

About the label: "Once the chief seat of piety and learning of the Innula Sanctorum, now a place hardly known to the inhabitants of Ireland, yet for ages held the most sacred and venerated: the Iona of Ireland, which her princes embellished, and containing the tombs of her noblest in blood"- George Petrie in 1820 after visiting the ancient Abbey of Clonmacnois