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2018 Kelley Fox Wines Maresh Vineyard Red Barn Blocks Pinot Noir

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July 10, 2022 - $86

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RATINGS

95Vinous / IWC

…hugely perfumed, expansive bouquet evokes fresh red berries, potpourri, incense and exotic spices, along with a building mineral nuance. Seamless in texture and penetrating on the palate, offering alluringly sweet, sharply delineated raspberry, cherry, rose pastille and spicecake flavors that show superb depth and zero fat. Delivers superb tension and focus on an endless, incisive finish that features fine-grained, polished tannins and resonating floral and spice character.

95Wine Enthusiast

...concentrated strawberry and cherry fruit backed with tangy acidity. It's a vertically oriented palate...

95John Gilman

...magical aromatic constellation of cherries, fraises du bois, mustard seed, turmeric, gentle smokiness, incipient cinnamon, a gorgeous base of soil, cherry blossoms and cedar...pure, full, focused and dancing, with a sappy core, stunning transparency and grip, ripe, utterly refined tannins and superb lift and bounce on the very long, complex and perfectly balanced finish.

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.