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| “Walter Scott demonstrates the potential for producing great Chardonnay in the Willamette Valley …. ‘I believe it’s the best place for cool-climate Chardonnay outside of Burgundy,’ winemaker Ken Pahlow says.”
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate |
| “When I am asked if there were any ‘great discoveries’ in Oregon, I would mention Walter Scott without hesitation.”
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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| “There’s a rabid following for Erica Landon and Ken Pahlow’s Chardonnays – and for good reason, as they are among the very best being made in the New World ..."
Josh Raynolds, Vinous |
| | “The Walter Scott wines are primarily from top vineyards in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA, with 90% of the fruit for Walter Scott hailing from this section of the Willamette Valley. Ken only utilizes indigenous yeasts for his ferments, has a very flexible approach to whole clusters (using them when the stems are great and cutting back if they are not in pristine condition), racks the wines only once during their 15-month elevage and bottles without fining or filtration (if the wines fall clear after their racking). The methodology in the cellars here reminded me quite strongly of the practices at Domaine Roulot in Meursault, with the wines getting their racking out of casks around the 12 month mark and then given 3 months to settle and clarify in stainless steel tanks after their assemblage, prior to bottling. The pinot noirs are generally give a 1-3-day ‘cold soak’ à la Henri Jayer and are generally aged in 30-40% new oak. The winery is making excellent pinot noirs, but it is their superb chardonnays (again, stylistically hailing back a bit to the Guy Roulot wines) that are garnering so much buzz in Oregon these days, as these are truly world class examples of chardonnay. The chards are generally raised in about the same percentage of new wood as the pinots, with very little battonage practiced during their elevage and are racy, mineral-infused examples with taut structural chassis and built to age long and gracefully.”
John Gilman, View From The Cellar |
| | CHARDONNAY FREEDOM HILL VINEYARD 2021
"A tank sample, the 2021 Chardonnay Freedom Hill Vineyard balances mineral character and racy acidity with surprisingly intense, exotic fruit. The nose offers grilled peach, elderflower, tarragon and ginger aromas with streaks of matchstick. Light-bodied and electric, the palate is packed with fragrant flavor layers, and it finishes long and flinty. I can't wait to see how this powerful, expressive Chardonnay comes together in bottle."
96-98
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate
$74 → Buy
CHARDONNAY KOOSAH VINEYARD 2021
"The 2021 Chardonnay Koosah Vineyard — the first iteration of this single-vineyard wine from —is already impressive from tank. Youthful hints of matchstick give way to intense aromas of white peach, jasmine, spring butter and crushed almonds. The medium-bodied palate balances layers of perfumed fruit with electric acidity, and its satiny, mouth-coating texture drives a very long finish. This Chardonnay offers an intoxicating combination of power and energy, and I can't wait to see how it performs from bottle."
97-99
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate
$74 → Buy
CHARDONNAY X NOVO VINEYARD 2021
"The 2021 Chardonnay X Novo is layered and lifted with a perfume of yellow orchard fruit, white flowers, and lemon verbena. The palate is pure, with ripe peach, lemon curd, and salty earth, and the texture is long and persistent, with great clarity. There is so much to love about this wine …. Their first vintage was produced in 2009 out of Patricia Green Cellars, then at Evening Land, where Ken worked alongside Dominique Lafon. This clearly had an influence on the wines of , where they began producing Chardonnay in 2011.”
96-98
Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com
$94 → Buy
PINOT NOIR FREEDOM HILL VINEYARD 2021
"The 2021 Freedom Hill Pinot Noir from barrel has a medium ruby-purple color and scents of cranberry, pomegranate and orange peel, unfolding to accents of pipe tobacco, tar, tea leaves and dried herbs. The light-bodied palate is delicately styled, offering fragrant, crunchy fruit, soft, grainy tannins and bright bursts of acidity."
95-97
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate
$74 → Buy
PINOT NOIR SOJEAU VINEYARD 2021
"The 2021 Pinot Noir Sojeau Vineyard is perfumed with violets, pine, and red and black cherry fruit. It has tension and fresh crunchy fruit on the palate, with gripping structure, a long finish, and notes of ripe raspberry, turned earth, and cinnamon spice.”
94-96
Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com
$74 → Buy
PINOT NOIR TEMPERANCE HILL VINEYARD 2021
"Medium ruby-purple, the 2021 Temperance Hill Pinot Noir from barrel is bursting with red fruit aromas—rhubarb, raspberry preserves and kirsch—with accents of bergamot, mushrooms and forest floor. The medium-bodied palate balances powerful, concentrated fruit with a grainy, seamless frame, and it has a long, floral finish."
95-97
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate
$74 → Buy
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