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Ruby Vineyard Laurelwood Old Vine Estate Pinot Noir

Ruby Vineyard Old Vine Estate Pinot Noir

WHY WE LOVE IT

  • The Ruby Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir is crafted to clearly express the special vineyard site on which it’s grown.
  • Ruby Vineyard is farmed organically and is situated at approximately 400 foot elevation with a south facing aspect and an exposition of 8%.
  • The vines are planted own-rooted in Laurelwood soil, and date as far back as 1973. This estate wine consists of 49% 115, 49% Pommard and 2% Wadensvil clones.

Varietal Composition: 100% Pinot Noir

Elaboration: Fermented using indigenous yeast because it allows the wine to best express it’s place. Gentle extraction is utilized. All of the lots spend a minimum of 18 days with skin contact. The wine then stays ten months in thirty percent new, but mostly neutral French oak before bottling. The finished blend contains 30 percent whole cluster fruit.

Tasting Notes: Old Vine Estate Pinot Noir is balanced. Combining subtle herbal flavors with intense flavor concentrations of cherries, pomegranate and pepper, this wine will having you craving your next sip.

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2018 – 94 Wine & Spirit | 92 Wine Enthusiast

PRODUCER BACKGROUND

Ruby Vineyard is a small, vineyard and winery in the Chehalem Mountains of Oregon’s Willamette Valley region. It is owned by the Hendricks family and is located in the Laurelwood District AVA, just west of Portland.

The Hendricks family has deep roots in Oregon. In 1843, Steve Hendricks’ great-great-grandfather, Abijah Hendricks, arrived in Oregon on the first wagon train to brave the Oregon Trail. Abijah’s adventurist spirit lives on in Steve and his wife Flora. Sharing a dream of owning a vineyard and making wine, they have explored every aspect of the winemaking process, from driving a tractor to pouring for guests in the tasting room.

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