WINE PROFILE
On the nose, the 2022 Dundee Hills Estate Pinot Noir shows notes of raspberry and cherry cola with a hint of toast. The palate has an abundance of red fruit characteristics accompanied by leather, forest floor, and wet stone. The finish has sweet tobacco and baked spices such as black pepper and clove.

INGREDIENTS
Estate grown Pinot Noir grapes, tartaric acid, SO2

NUTRITION FACTS
5-5OZ SERVINGS PER CONT.
Calories: 119, Carbohydrates: 2.5g, Fat: 0g, Protein: 0g

THE STORY
Our Dundee Hills Estate Pinot Noir epitomizes everything Sokol Blosser has stood for in over 51 years of winegrowing in Oregon. Crafted to be a true expression of terroir from our hillside vines and Jory soil, this wine is made from a low yield crop that is dry-farmed for quality.

VINTAGE HIGHLIGHTS
What started as a dry winter turned into a deluge of rain in the springtime. We had the wettest and coldest April/May/June in recorded (130 years) history. Freezing temperatures on the morning of April 14th and 15th knocked back the fragile new growth and we thought our crop yields would be down by 50-60%. In over 51 years of growing grapes here in the Dundee Hills we have never seen a freezing event during the growing season, so we had no idea what was going to happen. The primary buds froze and died, but the secondary buds came on, produced fewer but larger clusters, and the vines made a miraculous comeback. We had the 2nd warmest and driest summer on record, and then we got to October. Everything depended on good ripening conditions in the month of October since bloom was much later. Fortunately we got the warmest October in Oregon history, we were able to let the grapes hang, and the rains stayed put until all our Estate fruit was in on Thursday, October 27th. The fruit got nice and ripe, and we are thrilled with the wine produced from this vintage!