Wow! If you follow Burgundy at all, you’re probably familiar with Burghound.com – Allen Meadow’s publication that is considerd by many to be the definitive coverage of the wines of the Cote d’Or. Last year Allen began covering domestic Pinot noir as well, reporting on California and Oregon wines in a special report once per year. This year’s Oregon report has just been released, and I am thrilled to announce that one of our wines received the highest score of the report, and another of ours received the 2nd highest score! Coming in #1 and #2 is beyond my wildest imaginations, and I am honored and humbled to have the wines appreciated by such an esteemed palate.

The review focused on 2003 Oregon Pinots, and our 2003 Audrey drew the top score with 91 points, and the 2003 La Paulée placed 2nd with a score of 90. (Allen is a notoriously difficult grader – a 90 or above on his scale is high praise indeed. He scores many wines that he really thinks are wonderful in the 88-89 range from what I’ve seen over the years. He’s also never given a wine a score of 100 – “There’s always room for improvement.”)

Go to www.burghound.com if you’re interested in subscribing and seeing the entire report. If you buy more than a couple of bottles of Burgundy a year, it is clearly worth every penny.

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