2009 Dix Pinot Noir
$40/Bottle – Only 100 cases produced.
Dix (rhymes with “peace”, is French for “the Tenth.”) We began our winemaking adventures with 125 cases of Pinot Noir back in 1999. To honor our 10th anniversary vintage, we picked four of our most distinctive barrels from our blocks of Maresh Vineyard in the Dundee Hills, and bottled them separately as the wine we’ve named Dix.
Wine Enthusiast – March 2012
“Wow, this is a glorious bottle of Pinot Noir. It was designed to celebrate the winery’s 10th vintage (hence the name, Dix) and is a barrel selection of Maresh Vineyard grapes. Textural, lush, smooth, supple and utterly delicious, its red and black fruits are dappled with dusty spices, dusted with coffee grounds, and glide into a silky finish. Yummy beyond words. 96 Pts.” (Highest scoring Oregon wine of the year!)
The Wine Advocate – November 2011
“The 2009 Pinot Noir Dix is a barrel selection from the Maresh Vineyard, one of the Willamette Valley’s most notable terroirs. A hint of earth, underbrush, strawberry, cherry cola, and raspberry inform the nose of a round, rich, nicely proportioned, already complex, suave Pinot Noir that will offer a drinking window extending from 2012 to 2021. 93 Pts.“
The ancient volcanic soils and the old vines at Maresh (first planted in 1970) gave us lovely fruit and elegant textures in 2009. For Dix we were looking for the prettiest red fruits and the silky, lacy textures that often shine their brightest in the Dundee Hills.
2009 produced a number of “big” Pinots in Oregon. This is not one of them – it’s a wine that prizes subtlety, elegance and finesse over weight and power.
As always, all fermentations were natural, with no cultured yeasts or additions of any kind. The wine was raised for 10 months in French Oak – 25% new – and was bottled un-fined and un-filtered at 13.5% alcohol in September 2010.
Scott & Kelley’s Tasting Notes
Bright raspberry, red cherry and notes of strawberry lead into softly-textured fruit flavors on the palate, where it lingers and gathers momentum toward a pure and pretty finish. This one glides from lace to velvet and back again. Absolutely delicious now, and should continue to add dimensions over the next 5-7 years.
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