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Adelsheim Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

Adelsheim Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2022

  • Oregon
  • Red
  • New

¥8,800 (incl. tax)

Winemaking Philosophy: Pinot Noir has been a part of the Adelsheim story since the very beginning in 1971. Today, the Willamette Valley is undoubtedly recognized as an ideal location for this evocative varietal. Adelsheim’s Willamette Valley blend is the culmination of years of winegrowing insight. Our largest bottling, the intention is to share our craft and sense-of-place near and far. We prefer to be responsive to vintage and leverage our years of experience, letting intuition and taste guide the way. Some vintages and vineyard sites, for instance, respond better to whole cluster fermentations, such that the amount of stem inclusion changes for each wine and vintage. Our cap management during fermentation consists primarily of pump overs, with our daily tastings indicating the need for an occasional punch down. Certain wines have longer elevage in barrel in given vintages purely based on their pace of development. All of these winemaking choices are in service to our ultimate goal—to respect and enhance the inherent qualities of our vineyards.

Details
Country
America
Region
Oregon
Appellation
Willamette Valley
Winery
Adelsheim
Vintage(s)
2022
Color
Red
Varietal(s)
100% Pinot Noir
Data
Closure
Screw Cap
Volume
750ml
Alcohol
13.0%
Product Code
2116122
UPC
0-11668-88012-5
Owning & Enjoying
Tasting notes

Juicy with fresh cherry and pomegranate notes, this wine rolls across the palate in a ribbon of freshness. There are compelling cedar and cinnamon bark notes on the nose as well as a hint of crushed lavender, layered in its complexity. The finish is silky and flowing. This wine will be as equally delicious tonight as it will be years into the future.

Production
Terroir

Vineyard
- LIVE certified sustainable vineyards in the northern Willamette Valley
- 72% sourced from estate vineyards

Vintage Notes

The 2022 vintage kicked off with a slightly earlier than normal budbreak at the tail end of March. We had a very unusual freeze event in mid-April that resulted in an overall reduced crop. A prolonged cool, cloudy period followed this event, pushing bloom, veraison, and harvest to much later than normal timing. The precious remaining clusters received the full focus of the vine’s efforts and the resulting concentration and depth of the 2022 wines is quite extraordinary. 

Vinification

Fermentation
- Destemmed and whole cluster fermentations
- Native and inoculated fermentations
- Shorter and extended macerations


Aging
- 9 months in French oak barrels
- 22% New barrels

Winery
Winery Description

Adelsheim Vineyard was founded with an optimistic spirit and a lofty dream: To create World-Class wines in an undiscovered wine region, the Chehalem Mountains of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Luck, fate, and a single-minded determination to make world-class wine in Oregon led David and Ginny Adelsheim to purchase their first 19 acres just outside Newberg, Oregon in 1971. Drawn to the uniqueness of the land and its proximity to Portland, it was here they decided to stake their claim, plant their first rows of Pinot noir along Quarter Mile Lane, and establish what would become the Chehalem Mountains’ first-ever winery in 1978—Adelsheim.