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2019 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard

Appellation

Yamhill-Carlton District

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Tasting Notes

The 2019 Shea Pinot Noir has dried floral, berry, and sweet earth aromas with allspice and white pepper. On the palate, the floral notes are mixed with a mélange of wild berries, fresh cranberry, dried strawberry, and ground sweet spices. This wine is an example of the complexity of our wines from Shea Vineyard and the broad complexity of flavors from a cooler vintage, bringing the multitude of flavors beyond fruit to the forefront. These textures and flavors extend into its long-layered finish.

REVIEWS

Vinous - Eric Guido
Depths of crushed ashen stones and grilled herbs give way to zests of tangerine and sour cherry as the 2019 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard comes to life in the glass. This is silky-smooth, but it steps lightly, seeming to hover across the palate with ripe wild berry fruits neatly and a hint of inner cedar. Minty herbal tones resonate with a note of cocoa as the 2019 finishes long, juicy and wickedly fresh. It's almost impossible to stop at just one glass.
- May, 2024
93+ Points

Wine Enthusiast - Michael Alberty
A really intriguing mix of red fruit and tangerines highlight an aromatic set that also features touches of leather and loamy soil. All the raspberry flavor you can handle is on tap, along with tastes of smoked almonds and citrus. The wine’s juicy acidity is matched by significant tannic structure.
- May, 2024
93 Points

Wine & Spirits
Burly and supremely flavorful, Shea vineyard fruit plays to Mark Vlossak’s strengths, making for a dark spicy wine with Dr. Pepper scents, hints of sassafras and carob, ushered along by assertive oak notes. The palate is vinous but velvety, packed with flavor yet delivered with surprising precision.
93 Points

Vineyard Notes

Shea Vineyard is located in the Yamhill-Carlton District AVA, 35 miles SW of Portland, Oregon. The grapes for this wine come from two blocks: Block 6, planted in 1998 with Dijon clone 115 and a small amount of Pommard (11 rows), faces SE slope on a hillside of shallow sedimentary soil at about 450-500' in elevation. The Terrace Block faces SW, planted in 2002 with the Pommard clone, and gets its name from the terraces carved into its steep slope.

Production Notes

Release Date: Sep 2023; Production 1275 cases. The de-stemmed grapes were fermented in 4-8 ton stainless steel and Burgundy oak fermenters with no SO2, allowing the fermentations to process naturally. After gentle pressing and settling, the wine aged in French oak barrels, 26% of which were new, for 16 months before bottling by gravity and without fining.

Food Pairing Notes

Hearty dishes with some sweetness and richness like lamb chops, pork tenderloin, duck breast and lentil dishes.

Drink

Up to 15 years