THE MERCHANT'S MARK

94+ / 100

Dark cherry, lavender, woodsmoke, and underbrush aromas.  Exotic boysenberry, cherry, mocha and baking spice flavors wrap around a core of minerality.  Smooth tannins play effortlessly with t ... Read More »

THE MERCHANT'S MARK

94+ / 100

Dark cherry, lavender, woodsmoke, and underbrush aromas.  Exotic boysenberry, cherry, mocha and baking spice flavors wrap around a core of minerality.  Smooth tannins play effortlessly with the fruit. This is an outstanding Pinot, especially for the upcoming holiday season.  

VINOUS

93 / 100

"Displays spice-accented aromas of black raspberry, cola, pungent flowers and incense, along with an energizing, spicy topnote. Sappy and expansive in the mouth, offering appealingly sweet dark berry and cherry liqueur, spicecake and floral pastille flavors that show impressive depth and an undercurrent of smoky minerality. Delivers a suave blend of power and vivacity and finishes very long and smooth, with repeating florality and velvety, slow-building tannins."

WINE ETHUSIAST

93 / 100

"Editor's Choice"

"The estate fruit is flat-out lovely, with pitch-perfect ripeness. Bursting with cherries and finished with barrel flavors that wrap the fruit in mocha, the aromatics also bring a whiff of leaf and earth. The balance and complexity are exceptional."

Oregon

Oregon is recognized as one of the premier wine growing regions in the world.  It is best known for its world-class Pinot Noir, grown predominantly in the Willamette Valley.  There, Pinot Noir tends to take a bit of Burgundy's and California's best attributes:  a bit of the dry, mineral ... Read More »

Oregon

Oregon is recognized as one of the premier wine growing regions in the world.  It is best known for its world-class Pinot Noir, grown predominantly in the Willamette Valley.  There, Pinot Noir tends to take a bit of Burgundy's and California's best attributes:  a bit of the dry, mineral driven notes of Burgundy with the ripe cherry and spice flavors of California.  Neither overpowering the other, Oregon Pinots are recognized as some of the finest being produced today.  

In addition to Pinot Noir, Oregon produces excellent whites such as Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris and even Gewürztraminer.