2004 Mount Richmond Pinot Noir:
3 Star Award. (November 30, 2005)
Similar Posts
Seattle Times’ 50 Best Wines of 2014
The Seattle Times has published their 50 Best Wines of 2015 and our 2014 Pinot Gris is #16! This is especially good news because this list is based on blind tasting by the esteemed Andy Perdue of Great Northwest Wine: “Yamhill County winemaker Adam Campbell continues to prove he is the finest pinot gris producer in…
91 points – Paul Gregutt
“This draws from all six estate vineyards, and one sniff erases all the smoke and angst of the 2020 vintage. It’s fresh and fragrant with mixed berries, particularly flavors of just-picked marionberries, and lively with minerally acids. It spent 10 months in barrel, just long enough to pull itself together and add a gentle touch of caramel to the finish.”
Eight Outstanding Oregon Pinot Noirs at $35 or Less
Elk Cove winemaker Adam Campbell, son of founders Pat and Joe Campbell, makes a range of Pinot Noirs, but his dynamic Willamette Valley bottling is the most accessible in terms of price, case production and taste. It offers vivacious cranberry flavors with floral and citrus highlights. Campbell used grapes only from Elk Cove’s six estate vineyards and fermented the 2021 in small, open-top steel tanks before aging it for ten months in French oak.
“Forget Champagne: 11 Superb New Sparkling Wines From Oregon”
“This delightfully complex bubbly from Elk Cove offers up earthy notes from lees contact, but light-hearted fruit and florals as well—strawberries swirling with wisteria. A spin of citrus on the palate leads into raspberry, then heads toward tart cranberry and rhubarb. A savory edge and underlying minerality slip in on the finish, buoyed by great, persistent bubbles.”
