94
points
Estate Cuvée Pinot Noir

WillaKenzie Estate

Estate Cuvée Pinot Noir

2021 Yamhill-Carlton
$60
Not a historical or directOnly product
BROWSING ONLY
Description

Our Estate Cuvée Pinot Noir presents with both finesse and power—the mark of truly site-reflective wines. Within the Willamette Valley, the WillaKenzie Estate is unparalleled in its diversity and focus on sustainable practices. Variations of slope, aspect, soil and clonal selection allow winemaker Erik Kramer to create six single-vineyard Pinot Noirs with discrete identities. The Estate Cuvée Pinot Noir is a tribute to this diversity and to Erik’s blending instincts, marrying the most distinctive attributes of select parcels on the property with Emery, Aliette, Clairière, Kiana and Triple Black Slopes playing key roles. This wine spent approximately one year in 55% new French Oak barrels.
Acclaim
94
points
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
EB 7/2024
92
points
Wine Spectator
TF 8/2024
92
points
JamesSuckling.com
JG 3/2024

Aromas

  • Rose Petal Rose Petal
  • Pomegranate Pomegranate

Flavors

  • Cherry Cherry
  • Earl Grey Tea Earl Grey Tea
  • Savory Savory
RECENT TASTING NOTES
The 2021 Pinot Noir Estate Cuvée is dark and savory on the nose: red cherry and cranberry are accented by tones of tar, forest floor and amaro. The medium-bodied palate explodes with generous red fruit and complex spicy accents. It's structured by finely astringent tannins and fireworks of fresh acidity, and it has a long, expressive finish. 1,500 cases produced.
Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, 7/2024
Estate Cuvée Pinot Noir
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