Bethel Heights Estate Pinot Noir Willamette

This wine blends fruit from all the different sections of our 100-acre estate vineyards. This wine truly encompasses the entire breadth of expression at Bethel Heights: the youthful exuberance of the 4-year-old Ingram Lane Vineyard the vibrancy and freshness of 13-year-old Justice Vineyard and the brooding earthy complexity of our old vines that have explored the depths of our soil for more than thirty years. THE EOLA-AMITY HILLS AVA Here in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA the climate is dominated by more direct access to cool ocean winds than other parts of the Willamette Valley and the volcanic soils are characteristically shallower and rockier and therefore better drained than in other parts of the Valley. In these conditions Pinot noir can safely ripen on the vines well into October come heat or rain reaching full flavor potential without losing the bright acidity and fine-grain tannins that give great Pinot noir its structure and balance. THE 2014 VINTAGE 2014 was our warmes