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2014 Archery Summit Red Hills Estate Pinot Noir

Removed from a temperature and humidity controlled wine storage unit; Purchased at retail

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RATINGS

93James Suckling

A rich and fruity red with blueberry and plum aromas follow through to a full body, velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Shows lots of fruit but a solid tannin backbone to back it up.

93Wine Enthusiast

This is a well-structured, dense and serious effort, with ripe immaculate black-cherry fruit. It is both forward and fruit-driven, yet polished and showing substantial depth. Hints of cola swirl through the extended finish.

92Wine Spectator

Light and fragrant, with pretty raspberry and floral flavors. Shows hints of mint and thyme as the finish lingers, exhibiting a delicate presence and powdery tannins.

92Vinous / IWC

Suave, spice-accented aromas of black raspberry, cherry cola, pungent flowers and incense, backed by a mocha note. Sappy and expansive on the palate, offering intense, appealingly sweet dark berry preserve, spicecake and floral pastille flavors that show impressive depth and an undercurrent of smoky minerality. Shows real power as well as vivacity on a long, penetrating finish framed by velvety, slow-building tannins.

90The Wine Advocate

...well-defined bouquet with scents of blackberry, huckleberry, a little undergrowth and truffle. The palate is medium-bodied with good density...pleasingly persistent finish.

PRODUCER

Archery Summit

Archery Summit is a 115-acre estate in Dayton, Oregon. It was founded in 1993 by the late Robert Gary Andrus, a former Olympic skier who started his winemaking career in 1978 when he founded Pine Ridge in Napa Valley. Andrus sold his interest in Archery Summit in 2001 to Crimson Wine Group, a Napa-based portfolio of small, artisanal wineries. Under Andrus and now Crimson, Archery Summit has built a reputation of outstanding Pinot Noirs. Wine Spectator has written that Archery Summit’s Pinots “rival Burgundy” in quality. Harvey Steinman of Wine Spectator has called Archery Summit “the Rolls Royce of Oregon Pinot Noir.”

REGION

United States, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills

Dundee Hills AVA is in Yamhill County, and it is entirely contained within the Willamette Valley AVA, Oregon’s best known appellation. Dundee Hills is about 30 miles southwest of Portland, and has 1,300 vineyard acres. It was awarded AVA status in 2004 and, like much of Oregon, is known for Pinot Noir. Several of Oregon’s 20th century wine pioneers established their vineyards and wineries in Dundee Hills, adding to its status as a region long-recognized for producing high quality, iconic Oregon wines. Eyrie Vineyards, Erath Winery and Sokol Blosser remain some of Oregon’s most celebrated producers, and all were founded in what is now Dundee Hills in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.

VINTAGE

2014 Archery Summit Red Hills Estate Pinot Noir