Doesn’t every good story, especially when it comes to wine, start with good friends and good wine???? Similar to the winemakers from Burgundy in the early 70s, they saw the potential and similarities to their beloved Burgundy.
𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓁𝒶 𝒱𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓎𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓈 𝒫𝒾𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒩𝑜𝒾𝓇 𝒴𝒶𝓂𝒽𝒾𝓁𝓁-𝒞𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓉𝑜𝓃 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒 𝒱𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟩
Friends Antony Beck (of South Africa’s famed family) and Ken Wright were sitting around chatting one night fifteen years ago, came up with the idea to establish an estate in Oregon.
Named in honor of Antony’s wife they wanted to create a warm, welcoming environment for friends and family to gather and enjoy beautiful wines of Willamette Valley. They create an experience, memories and communal conversations. Organically and sustainability in the vineyard and winery is part of that communal responsability. Their winemaker, Alan Debeaulieu was born and raised in Loire valley, worked for in both Burgundy and Oregon (Domaine Drouhain) makes a stylistic lovely Pinot Noir. The grapes are harvested from 2 vineyards in Yamhill-Carlton AVA and aged for 12 months, 30% in new French oak barrels.
Crisp red berries, warm cocoa and chai spice. Super yummy, super fresh, long lip smacking acidity goodness. It’s ultra fresh, pure and lip smacking delicious. A beautifully balanced, fruit-forward, and bright Pinot Noir that lets the vintage speak for itself.