Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir "Kalita Vineyard" Yamhill-Carlton 2022 (Email Sale, Arrives 4/17)

Alcohol: 14.5%

Grape(s): 100% Pinot Noir

Location: Yamhill-Carlton, Oregon, USA

Tasting Notes: An abundance of black fruit with blackberry, black currants, and black cherry with fresh blossom. A big, rich Pinot Noir with a perfect balance between fruit and tannins.

Notes: The fruit was hand harvested from Kalita Vineyard from September 21st to the 24th and brought back to our Dundee Hills Estate winery, where 96% was destemmed and the rest left whole-cluster. The destemmed fruit went through an ambient fermentation, while the whole cluster was fermented using our native house yeast. All of this took place in three-ton stainless steel tanks with punch-downs for cap management. The wine was aged for 10 months in French oak barrels with 20% new oak.

Food pairing: Pair with roasted chicken, beet and goat cheese salad, or a seared rack of lamb with morels.

The Domain: When our parents Susan Sokol and Bill Blosser planted their first vines in the Dundee Hills AVA (American Viticultural Area) of the Willamette Valley 1971, they needed all of their youthful self-confidence, energy and determination to make their way because, at the time, there was no wine industry in Oregon. Today, with over 900 wineries and more than 37,000 acres of planted vineyards, Oregon has grown exponentially and its wines are available throughout the world. Sokol Blosser has survived, grown and prospered as a family-owned and run operation, and we are proud to have been part of developing and shaping Oregon’s now prominent wine industry.

We create wines of world-class quality that are produced sustainably, mindful of the environment, and express the distinctive flavors of our hillside vineyards. Sokol Blosser wines reflect who we are—our values and our sense of place.