2022 Hundred Suns 'Old Eight Cut' Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon   

HUNDRED SUNS: a reference to the approximately 100 days of the growing season between flowering & harvest. Winery Notes: This cellar selection includes diverse vineyards from the Willamette Valley including Shea, Sequitur, and Bednarik. All of the wines for this cuvée were fermented using native yeasts. The final blend is 35% whole cluster and aged for 10 months in oak barrels - 90% neutral and 10% new wood from the Jura region in France. More lush than our 2015 Old Eight Cut, the palate of this wine has more volume and a softer texture but still retains a bright seam of acidity that holds the framework together. Candied cherry, ripe plum, and citrus rind give way to underlying warm-damp soil, crushed granite, and candle wax. Fine-grained tannins like bittersweet chocolate mix with layers of ripe berry fruit. As is always the goal for our wines, a chameleon layer will rise to and fall from the landscape the longer this bottle is open.