The “Best” time of year…
Wow! Holy Sh*t! I just opened up the new (November/December issue) Northwest Palate magazine that arrived in the mail today, to find that we were named the “Best Pinot Noir of the Year”! Publishers Cameron Nagel and Cole Danehower singled out our 2006 Audrey as the best they’d tasted this year – all I can say is we are truly honored and deeply appreciative. We start selling futures of the 2007 Audrey this weekend at our La Paulée festivities at the winery – so the timing is quite nice indeed! Click here for the Northwest Palate website…
Audrey comes from our old vines in Maresh Vineyard at the top of the Dundee Hills – we farm our 7.29 acres there Biodynamically. It is truly an amazing site – one of the oldest Pinot vineyards in Oregon, and it gives wines that are all about elegance and finesse. We always ferment our Maresh fruit in a custom oak open-top tank from Taransaud – here’s a bird’s-eye view of it full of this year’s fruit in mid-fermentation -
Maresh fruit in the oak tank
In my last post I was threatening to do some human punch-downs – so here I am, almost up to my elbows in it!
I’m heading across the mountains tomorrow to spectacular Sisters, Oregon for a winemaker dinner with top retailer Cork Cellars and Jen’s Garden restaurant. Cork owner Emily Pelletier is a wonderful lady who runs a great wine shop, and she’s a big Scott Paul fan – no wonder we love her! I look forward to seeing you over there, and at our 3rd annual La Paulée celebration in Carlton this weekend!
