White Rose Willamette Valley Pinot noir 08

Wine Advocate: The collection begins with the 2008 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, a blend of four vineyards. It gives up a pleasing perfume of cedar, rose petal, spice box, cherry, and raspberry leading to a dense, savory, well-balanced wine with excellent volume and enough ripe tannin to evolve for 1-2 years. It can be enjoyed now through 2018. - Jay Miller

From the winery - Our Willamette Valley pinot noir is a wine that shows forward, fruit-driven characteristics offering more generous flavors in their youth. This cuvee blends barrels from 3 different sub-appellations of the Willamette Valley: 4 different vineyards, 9 different vineyard blocks and 6 different clones. The resulting wine offers fleshy dark fruit character, complimentary spices, concentrated aromatics and a velvety soft palate. This is a wine that is both showy and enjoyable upon release, while possessing enough acidity and structure to reward cellaring. Durant Vineyard-Bishop Block (56%), Vista Hills Vineyard (26%) Kason Vineyard (14%), Bell Rd. Vineyard (4%)