Our library collection is carefully crafted and aged to perfection, each one embodying the rich history and tradition of our vineyards. With each sip, you'll taste the passion and expertise of our winemakers, who have poured their hearts and souls into every bottle. So whether you're a wine connoisseur or a curious novice, our library wines offer a journey through time and taste, taking you on a sensory adventure that is nothing short of exceptional.
2013 WINDERLEA PINOT NOIR
TASTING NOTES
This lush, concentrated Pinot noir exhibits aromas of molasses and caramelized sugar, a balance of rich sweetness with a firm texture and mouth filling spice, blueberry, and other dark fruits. It would pair wonderfully with a variety of game and poultry dishes.
WINEMAKER’S THOUGHTS
Saturated pomegranate juice and a field of violets greet me in the glass. These aromas carry through onto the palate and are complimented by the warm flavors of baking spice and vanilla bean. This wine is effusive, textured, and sumptuous yet still elegant in its bearing—the filigreed tannins in the finish rein in the wine and bring balance. The extra years in bottle have served it well.
- Gina Hennen, Winemaker
About Winderlea Vineyard
Winderlea Vineyard is a LIVE certified site rooted in the volcanic soils of the Dundee Hills. We get half of one block, at 1.1 acres of clone 667 on Riparia Gloire rootstock. This block was planted back in 1999 and we’ve been fortunate to work with it since it first started producing fruit. Unbelievable library opportunity.
2012 TEMPERANCE HILL PINOT NOIR
Tasting notes
Full of black truffles, plum sauce, forest floor, black pepper, and pimento notes. It shows depth and liveliness in equal parts.
WINEMAKER’S THOUGHTS
Temperance Hill is one of the most distinctive vineyards in the Willamette Valley and this wine could simply come from nowhere else. It positively screams Temperance Hill. Laden with dark fruit notes and a dexterous underpinning of coffee and cedar bark, mushrooms and grilled meat, it’s complicated in all the best ways. The additional bottle age has served it well. I can’t help but wonder where it will be in another 10 years—it has the bones to last at least that long. Let’s find out!
- Gina Hennen, Winemaker
About Temperance Hill Vineyard
One of the higher elevation vineyards in the Willamette Valley, the world-renowned Temperance Hill Vineyard is perched up in the Eola Amity Hills, where the impact of marine winds whip through the Van Duzer Corridor. We have been working exclusively with this block (at the time of this wine release) since we helped plant it in the early 2000s. All clone 667.
2011 BRYAN CREEK PINOT NOIR
TASTING NOTES
This complex wine exhibits layered aromas of wild raspberries, spice and pain grillé. On the palate, the wine shows firm acidity followed by hints of dark chocolate and a plush, velvety mouthfeel. It would pair wonderfully with grilled salmon, domestic and wild fowl, and other savory main dishes.
WINEMAKER’S THOUGHTS
Opening with layered notes of cigar box, dried lavender, cherry kirsch, and cinnamon this wine graces the palate with all that and more. It’s a delicate style, and certainly reflective of both the cool vintage and the longevity in bottle. To be honest it’s more fruit-forward than I was expecting; normally wines with this much age have moved past fruit into tertiary aged characters but this still has loads of vibrant raspberry notes. These flavors ride the length of the palate and carry the wine into the next sip. This is a delightful expression of Bryan Creek vineyard and I am overjoyed we held some of this wine back. What a treat.
- Gina Hennen, Winemaker
About Bryan Creek Vineyard
High elevation and volcanic soils are a formula for noteworthy Pinot noir. That is our Bryan Creek Vineyard. Reaching up to 860 feet in the diverse Chehalem Mountains, this LIVE certified sustainable vineyard sits adjacent to our renowned Quarter Mile Lane Vineyard. Planted in 1989 and thirty five years old, resulting wines have developed a following.
