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2016 Patricia Green Freedom Hill Pommard Clone Pinot Noir

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December 3, 2023 - $36

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RATINGS

94Vinous / IWC

...bouquet evokes ripe red berries, cherry, potpourri and baking spices...smoky mineral quality builds in the glass. Offers lively, mineral-accented raspberry, cherry preserve and floral pastille flavors that display excellent precision and appealing sweetness. Unfolds slowly with air, gaining depth and finishing extremely long, with fine-grained tannins and echoing cherry and floral notes.

93Wine Enthusiast

...opens immediately into ripe round tangy berry fruit, backed with juicy acids. There's a touch of freshly cut apple as an added highlight, and the wine moves gracefully across and down the palate into an extended finish.

REGION

United States, Oregon, Willamette Valley

Willamette Valley AVA was established in 1983, and it is the oldest appellation in Oregon. Oregon’s modern wine industry began in the Willamette Valley in the 1960s when artists, vagabond winemakers, and U.C. Davis oenology graduates looking for new territory started their own, small, off-the-grid wineries. The appellation is the state’s largest, and it extends 175 miles from Columbia River on the Washington/Oregon border to just south of Eugene, near central Oregon. The Willamette River runs through the area, helping to give the appellation a mild year-round climate. There are six smaller sub-appellations within this AVA, but altogether the Willamette Valley has the largest concentration of wineries in Oregon, as well as the majority of the state’s most famous producers. Pinot Noir is king here, followed by Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Riesling. To most admirers of Oregon Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley offers the most distinctive wine choices in the state.

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.