2022 Menefee Vineyards Pinot Noir
2022 Menefee Vineyards Pinot Noir
Menefee Pinot is always our most elegant of our single vineyard wines. Delicate bright red fruit, orange peel and baking spice are the hallmark of this wines aromatics. But the warmer 2022 vintage also brings a bit more concentration and bright lavender notes.
This cooler sites retains bright, fresh acidity paired with red fruit more commonly found in the Dundee Hills (we also have red clay soils in the vineyard!). Despite its elegant profile, there is power in this wine. This wine is 100% Pommard clone, the one clone that Oregon can tell a full story on its own.
With this single vineyard Pinot Noir, we continue the exploration of the beauty of our family farm, Menefee Vineyards. This top-tier barrel selection best portrays the elegance of our estate in a warmer vintage. Aged in neutral French barrels, this wine shows the purest expression and beauty of a cooler site set in the coastal range.
Only 75 cases made.
Available for pickup and delivery after 11/11.
This vineyard designated Pinot Noir draws fruit sourced from our family farm— Menefee Vineyard, located on the far edge of Yamhill-Carlton AVA. The fruit is fermented with native yeast and aged in 100% neutral French barriques for 11 months prior to bottling.