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St. Innocent makes Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pinot gris, Pinot blanc, and offers small amounts of a sparkling cuvee every few years. The wines are carefully crafted, true
to the grape, ageable and food friendly, a delight from first sniff to
the last hint of their long, complex finish. Mark Vlossak makes reasonably priced wines that have a dedicated following.
You may not have heard of St. Innocent - most of
the wine is sold in Oregon or to a select group of restaurants across
the country with whom Mark has long term relationships. His devotees
are loyal and they grab everything he makes.
St. Innocent's new winery
was completed in the fall of 2007. The
winery facility runs on
gravity-flow systems that gently usher
fruit through fermentation and into barrels,
stored as they have been traditionally—underground.
Starting from scratch after many years of
experience has allowed Vlossak to design this
facility to perform at maximum efficiency.
Mark's Pinot noirs offer everything you could ask
for, at a reasonable price. If we get enough, we try to have a "St.
Innocent Month" each year for our Reserve Pinot noir Club. If not,
we dole out what we can get and hold back a bit for special tastings.
Mark makes white wines with substance and grace.
He models them on Alsacian whites, and a unifying theme among the Pinot
gris, Pinot blanc, and Chardonnays he produces is a streak of uplifting
acidity, and a stretch to express the terroir of the vineyard, and to
bring out complexity in scent, flavor, and finish.
Read
A Door Closes, a Window Opens
St. Innocent 2006 Single Vineyard Pinot noirs
Seven Springs, Anden, Momtazi, Zenith
St. Innocent 2006 Pinot noirs
Opulent, Succulent, Delectable
"Hard-wired
for Wine:
St. Innocent's Mark Vlossak"
by Alison Ruch
Seven Springs/Anden Vineyards
Leased Longterm to CA Winery
2005 Vintage Tasting Notes
Temperance, Justice, White Rose
2005 Tasting Notes
Anden & Seven Springs
2004 Vintage Tasting Notes
St. Innocent's Mark Vlossak
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Winemaker Mark Vlossak did not hold back on his 09 Shea Pinot. The smoky fruit on the nose is followed by a layer of perfectly seared steak across the taste buds. Little 'ka-pows' of dark raspberry fruit traveling up and down are the key ingre...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Justice Vineyard (owned by nearby Bethel Heights) exhibits a particularly expressive nose of exotic spices, balsam wood, incense, and assorted red and black fruits. Smooth-t...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard was aged in 26% new oak. Pleasing herbal notes, a characteristic of this site, are intertwined with spice box, incense, black cherry, and black raspb...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Freedom Hill Vineyard displays some herbal notes along with cinnamon, clove, smoke, and black fruits. In the glass it opens to reveal significant but ripe tannin with enough ...
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2009 Tanzer - 90+? points - Deep, bright red. Red berries and herbs on the nose, with a suave floral quality in the background. Dry and tightly wound on entry, offering zesty red currant and pomegranate flavors that gain we...
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"The 2009 Villages Cuvée is a blend of Pinot noir grapes from four different vineyards. The largest portion was grown at Vitae Springs Vineyard and comes from both new and old Pinot noir blocks. The older blocks are planted with Pommard and th...
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2009 Wine Spectator - 90 points - Light and bright, showing pear and nutmeg flavors, with lively acidity. - H.S.
This Dijon clone Chardonnay's flavors and texture will complement a wide variety of vegetarian and white meat ...
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2010 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2010 Pinot Blanc Freedom Hill Vineyard saw 67% of the wine raised in stainless steel and 33% in oak puncheons, the latter to induce a rounder texture. Mineral, baking spice, melon, and whit...
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2009 Wine Advocate - 90 points - The 2009 Pinot Noir Vitae Springs Vineyard comes from a relatively cool site. Alluring aromas of cherry blossom, raspberry, cranberry, and cedar are followed by an intense, savory, well-balanced...
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The aromatics of the 2009 Pinot blanc reflect both stone and pomme fruits. These are enhanced by sweet floral and tropical fruit notes. Layers of peach, apple, and pear fruit flavors move across your palate with hints of spice, white flowers, a...
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Previous vintage notes: The 2009 Pinot gris, Vitae Springs Vineyard has a wonderfully ripe, spicy nose of melon, Asian pear, and Honeycrisp apples with orange peel and sweet citrus blossom notes. Concentrated apple, pear, fresh blossoms and cob...
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 93 Points
"By a very thin hair, my personal favorite in this impressive lineup is the 2007 Winemaker’s Cuvee, a selection of the finest barrels in the cellar. Deep crimson-colored, it has a fr...
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