Beaux Freres Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021 Red Wine

Beaux Freres Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2021 

Willamette Valley, OR

Beaux Freres is a highly respected producer of highest quality Pinot Noirs in the Ribbon Ridge AVA. This particular wine is a masterful blend of many excellent vineyards in that region. Plenty of scrumptious fruit flavors up front, followed by subtle spices and earthiness towards the end. A true Oregon beauty! - Wine Factor

95 pts. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:

"I tasted the 2021 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley about a month after it was bottled, but it doesn't seem to matter—it bursts from the glass with generous pomegranate, cranberry and raspberry preserves aromas and accents of orange peel, aniseed and tea leaves. The palate is stunning: it strikes a balance between highly concentrated, nuanced fruit and an uplifted, silky structure, and it has a particularly elegant finish."

94 pts. Wine Spectator:

"Sleek, graceful and elegantly proportioned, with expressive violet, raspberry, guava and black tea flavors that jump out of the glass and gather richness toward polished tannins. Drink now through 2032."

94 pts. James Suckling:

"Wild and vibrant nose of rosemary, cherry stones, small strawberries, violets and seaweed. So fresh, with a medium body and powdery tannins. I like the persistent fine, chalky texture. Unfined and unfiltered. Drink or hold."

FROM THE WINERY

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Pinot Noir

VINEYARD COMPOSITION: Star Mooring 23%, Doration 19%, Stardance 17% Zena Crown 8%, Sequitur 7%, Dupee Valley 7%, Hyland 5%, Guadalupe 5%, Gran Moraine 3%, Jessie James 2%, La Colina 2%, Beaux Frères 1%, Upper Terrace 1%

VINEYARD LOCATIONS: Willamette Valley | Oregon | USA

HARVEST: August 30th to September 24th

VINIFICATION: Primary fermentation using indigenous yeast in small vats for 18 to 20 days, unfined and unfiltered

MATURING: 10 months in French oak barrels, 40% new

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12.9%

TITRATABLE ACIDITY: 5.4 g/L

pH: 3.60

TOTAL CASE PRODUCTION: 3,780