2020 REDOLENT REVERB PINOT NOIR - $25
Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley in 2020 is difficult to fully define. In our cellar, some barrels were drop dead gorgeous. Others did not make it out fully unscathed, but they were not so obscured by the smoke as to be unusable. And some had clear smoke issues, so we did not use those. Thus, for 2020, we have a wine we’ve dubbed Reverb Pinot Noir. It's not quite Redolent. Redolent is the sound source itself. The source of the electric energy of the vineyard. Reverb is the echo of the sound. The reverberation of the source.
The 2020 Reverb has aromas of black cherry, black currant, mint, pipe tobacco, wild blackberries, and white pepper, leading into flavors of black cherry, wild blackberry, Szechuan pepper, black tea, and cinnamon, finishing with a distinctive rusticity.