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10 Emerging Oregon Producers

1/26/2010 12:00:00 AM :
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We're proud to share the good news.  February issue of Wine Spectator has a great write up of the up and coming Oregon producers.....two of them are in our book!

 

Evening Land Vineyards:

Hollywood producer Mark Tarlov, with several big-name sommeliers as minority partners, scored a long-term lease with an option to buy on the Seven Springs Vineyards in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA and brought in Burgundy star Dominique Lafon as consulting winemaker.  The initial results are spectacular, including a game-changing Chardonnay for Oregon and several of the best Pinot Noirs in the troublesome 2007 vintage. (WS - Feb 2010)

 

94 Chardonnay Eola-Amity Hills Seven Springs Vineyard Summum 2007

93 Chardonnay Eola-Amity Hills Seven Springs Vineyard La Source 2007

92 Pinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills Seven Springs Vineyard 2007

 

Expression 44:

Premier Pacific Vineyards which develops in California, Oregon and Washington, sells most of its grapes. Clients in Oregon include Beaux-Freres, Bergstrom and Owen Roe.  But owner William Hill assigns a few acres to his own wine brand, Expression 44.  The number refers to the latitude in Oregon's Eola-Amity Hills AVA, where the producing vineyards are located. (There's also Expression 39 in Anderson Valley, Expression 38 in Sonoma and Expression 34 in Santa Rita Hills.)  Richard Sowalski, who had been making the William Hill wines, long ago sold to Gallo, is the winemaker.  The Oregon wines show class and impressive depth. (WS - Feb 2010)

 

92 Pinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills Zena Crown Vineyard 2006

91 Pinot Noir Eola-Amity Hills Willakia Vineyard 2006