An homage to the vineyards that helped to pioneer the Willamette Valley, this is not a big wine, but nicely layered and interesting. Cranberry, pomegranate and raspberry fruit are buoyed with zesty acids that suggest blood orange. This is a wine that is still hiding the influence of the new French oak in which it spent 10 months. The impression in general is that all of Winderlea's 2016s will benefit from another year or two of bottle age.
An homage to the vineyards that helped to pioneer the Willamette Valley, this is not a big wine, but nicely layered and interesting. Cranberry, pomegranate and raspberry fruit are buoyed with zesty acids that suggest blood orange. This is a wine that is still hiding the influence of the new French oak in which it spent 10 months. The impression in general is that all of Winderlea's 2016s will benefit from another year or two of bottle age.
An homage to the vineyards that helped to pioneer the Willamette Valley, this is not a big wine, but nicely layered and interesting. Cranberry, pomegranate and raspberry fruit are buoyed with zesty acids that suggest blood orange. This is a wine that is still hiding the influence of the new French oak in which it spent 10 months. The impression in general is that all of Winderlea's 2016s will benefit from another year or two of bottle age.