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Ransom Wines

Ransom is best known for its Ransom Spirits line of distilled grappa and eau de vies. Producer Tad Seestedt was one of the first of a growing number of Portland Oregon based distillers. For tbe Ransom Wine part of the business, Tad produces small batches of site specific Pinot Gris, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir. Tad is a creative winemaker, thinking outside the box with his Port (fortified with Gewurztraminer Aquavitae), Botrytised Riesling, Gamay Noir and other wonderfully curiosities.

Ransom's wines are hand crafted in a style that emphasizes acidity, purity, structure and length. The ‘Selection’ wines are vintage cuts of the best Pinot Noir barrels and Pinot Gris wines. The Vineyard Designate wines are his best.

Tad started Ransom in 1997 as a distillery in Portland, producing grape-based spirits. Tad called his winery “Ransom,” because that’s exactly what he felt like he was paying his lenders in order to start these businesses.

Tad has made more wine in the last few vintages, and is becoming known for his well made, classic Pinot noir, with an original twist that makes it different and distinctly his own.

Random wines fruit is sourced from organic and biodynamically farmed vineyards and winemaking is pure, minimally mechanized, and instinctively non-interventionist, with juice for the wines typically restricted to free-run (before pressing for spirits). As with his grappas and eau de vies, Tad’s whites are expressively aromatic.

The Wines

Ransom Pinot noir Cattrall Vineyard 09

$30.95 Retail

$27.86

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What a nose! Pomegranate, raspberries and lilies with a hint of wild rose. Made from old vine Pinot noir - the complexity Tad gets from the grapes is sweet, earthy, savory, and deep. Raspberry and cherry flavors alternate with touches of dusty h...
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Ransom Pinot noir Selection 09

$25.95 Retail

$23.36

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This Ransom Pinot noir is named "Selection" as it is made from a selection of vineyards in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA of Oregon's Willamette Valley. Bright, fresh raspberries and cherries mingle with wild violets in the nose. The red fruit flavor...
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Ransom Grenache 09

$23.95 Retail

$21.55

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The Southern Cascades of Oregon's Rogue Valley is the source for this wine's grapes. Pheasant Hill Vineyard is one of the new sources of the grape that is sometimes touted as the Northwest wine scene's Next Big Thing.

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Ransom Cabernet Franc 09

$23.95 Retail

$21.55

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Winemaker Tad Seestedt's Ransom Cabernet Franc is sourced from the Pheasant Hill Vineyard of Oregon's Rogue Valley.

Aroma of dark plum and blueberry interspersed with vanilla, toast and smoke. The palate is luscious and fills your mouth w...
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Jigsaw Pinot noir 09

$17.95 Retail

$16.16

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Aromas of red raspberry and red currant followed with flavors of violets, dates and anise. The lush palate is finely structured with velvety tannins. The finish is long and quite pleasing.

2008 Vintage Tasting Notes

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Ransom Pinot gris 09

$17.45 Retail

$15.70

Opens with aromas of nectarine, Bartlett pear, jonquil and sur lie characters. A full bodied palate with a lush entry of stone fruit and honey gives way to a lengthy, sumptuous finish of slate and lemon. A small amount of rain pressured a partial ...
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Ransom Late Harvest Riesling "Raisins" 04

$19.95 Retail

$17.95

A late harvest Riesling, made from grapes so ripe they'd "raisined", sweet, golden, intense....
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Ransom Muscat 05 375 ml

$19.50 Retail

$17.55

Intense, dessert wine made from Oregon muscat grapes. 375 ml bottle....
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Ransom Gewurztraminer Temperance Hill 08

$17.95 Retail

$16.16

Rose petals, cardamon, and lychee nut in the nose, with a hint of tropical fruit, The flavors are complemented by a rich, viscous mouthfeel and a clean, crisp finish. Very well balanced, from 20+ year old vines cropped to 2 tons an acre. Quite nic...
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Ransom Riesling Eola Hills 08

$17.95 Retail

$16.16

Honey, apricot, apple and citrus flavors with a crisp finish with flinty mineral notes. Made from 35 year old vines, this is an Alsacian style, complex and nervy Riesling for lovers of this often undervalued grape....
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Ransom Jigsaw Pinot gris 02

$13.00 Retail

$11.70

Ransom's older vintage Pinot gris, drier than many, excellent with food....
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