Redolent Carlton Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

Above the towns of Yamhill and Carlton grows the stunning 11-acre Carlton Hill Vineyard. Planted in 1999, this vineyard is planted with a pure eastern sun exposure, somewhat noteworthy for Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. We work with the classic Willamette Valley clones of Pommard and Wädenswil from this site, and it always produces a distinctively superlative Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir. On the nose, the 2022 Carlton Hill Pinot Noir presents an array of aromatic spices, strawberry, dusty rose, balsa wood, black raspberry, forest floor, and a hint of cinnamon leads into lively flavors of red berries, clove, strawberry, and lavender, finishing with a fine-textured interplay of acidity and firm tannins, creating a lingering and gratifying finish. The quick backstory of Redolent Wine is a vineyard owner (David Polite, Carlton Hill Vineyard) contacted a wine salesman (Boyd Pearson) who enlisted a fermenter (Jon Larson) and a winemaker (John Grochau) to help make a single vineyard Pinot Noir.