Adelsheim 2006 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir (All Wines / Willamette Series) -- Adelsheim Vineyard Shopping Cart -- Noir Pinot Valley Willamette 2006 Adelsheim

<H1>Adelsheim 2006 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir -- Adelsheim Vineyard Shopping Cart</H1> $31.00 -- True to our house style, it is elegantly textured with satiny, polished tannins in the finish. <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/adelsheim/images/WVPN_06_150pxls.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="Adelsheim 2006 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir" NAME="Adelsheim 2006 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> BACKGROUND From our first vintages in the 1970’s, we’ve endeavored to produce Pinot noir wines that were intense and yet had a certain elegance so that they would pair well with the foods we liked to eat. That was the goal in the beginning when founder David Adelsheim made the wines, and afterwards as that role was passed on to successive winemakers. Dave Paige joined us in time for the harvest of 2001 and is fully in sync with this philosophy. Over the subsequent years, has taken our wines to new levels of quality and consistency in achieving these aims. He would agree that by blending the diverse flavors and textures of multiple vineyards he is able to create a richly supple and focused Pinot noir that typifies the best of this variety as grown in the Willamette Valley and as tempered by the vintage. VINEYARDS This 2006 vintage wine derives from seven of our estate vineyards in the Chehalem Mountains AVA (75%) and nine vineyards in other parts of the Willamette Valley (25%). Approximately 60% of the wine comes from several clones brought into Oregon from Burgundy, 30% is UCD 5 (“Pommard”), and the final 10% either UCD 1A (“Wädenswil”) or a clonal-blend. Soil type, appellation, vine age, and elevation varied considerably in these lots, giving Dave Paige many choices as he sought to create a unified blend. WINEMAKING Once the grapes were in the winery, they were gently de-stemmed into temperature controlled open-top fermenters. These vats were punched down once or twice a day during the six-day pre-fermentation maceration, and then two or three times each day when the seven-to-ten-day fermentation began. Following pressing, the wine was moved to small French oak barrels, where the malolactic fermentation occurred over the winter. In the final blend, 24% of the French oak barrels were new, the rest one- to three-years-old. The wine was bottled over a two week period in late August, 2006. THE WINE With its wide variety of origins and clones, this wine displays both red and black fruit aromas (cherries and raspberries), on the nose and the palate. In addition, one finds a light touch of brown spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice) and even a little black pepper. True to our house style, it is elegantly textured with satiny, polished tannins showing in the finish. Pair it with salmon or ahi, veal or pork, poultry (think duck) or beef, and/or hearty vegetarian entrees. THE LABEL Though the portrait of Diana Lett by Ginny Adelsheim was not, in fact, on the original label for our Pinot noir, it’s been our public “face” for 26 vintages. For the 2004 vintage of this wine, we tidied up the presentation, but we retained her image to thank her for her role in the history of Oregon wine – she and her husband David Lett founded Oregon’s first Pinot noir winery (The Eyrie Vineyards) – and her friendship. Other products in the category <A HREF="http://store.adelsheim.com/Category13" TITLE="All Wines">All Wines</A> / <A HREF="http://store.adelsheim.com/Category3" TITLE="Willamette Series">Willamette Series</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://store.adelsheim.com/Product45 TITLE="Adelsheim 2006 Willamette Valley Chardonnay">Adelsheim 2006 Willamette Valley Chardonnay</A> -- Exclusive - only available through the winery. <LI><A HREF=http://store.adelsheim.com/Product9 TITLE="Adelsheim 2006 Willamette Valley Pinot Gris">Adelsheim 2006 Willamette Valley Pinot Gris</A> -- This wine is a bright, crisp and beautifully flavored of grapefruit and citrus. <A HREF="http://store.adelsheim.com" TITLE="Adelsheim Vineyard Products">Adelsheim Vineyard Products</A> <A HREF="http://adelsheim.com">Adelsheim Vineyard</A> Adelsheim Vineyard <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</A> powered by Nexternal

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