2022 Patricia Green Pinot Noir Balcombe Vineyard
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The Balcombe Vineyard, located across the street from Domaine Drouhin Oregon, was planted in 1990 in Jory soils, and Patty Green and Jim Anderson started farming the site in 1997. Grapes for the 2022 Pinot Noir Balcombe Vineyard were harvested October 11 and 18. Matured for about nine months in 16% new and 58% once-used barrels, it has broody aromas of dark cherries, pipe tobacco, pepper and dried herbs. The light-bodied palate is chalky and refreshing with gently rustic, herbal flavors and a long, perfumed finish. 474 cases produced.
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The 2022 Pinot Noir Balcombe Vineyard is a bright magenta/ruby hue and reveals notes of darker baking spices, cardamom, a fresh floral perfume, and black raspberries. It’s highly elegant on the palate, with seamless, supple tannins, ripe acidity, and harmony all the way through. A quintessential Dundee Hills red, it’s approachable now but will have a wide drinking window over the coming 10-15 years.
The 2022 Pinot Noir Balcombe Vineyard captivates with a peppery blend of wild strawberries, grilled herbs and dusty dried flowers. This sweeps across the palate with ripe red and blue fruits, accelerated by juicy acidity as a saturation of saline minerals adds contrast toward the close. A web of grippy tannins lingers as the mouth waters for more, leaving a flourish of blue and purple inner florals to resonate.