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Garnet in the glass, the wine opens with complex notes of plum, currant, cassis, anise and cedar. The palate offers a smooth entry with flavors of rich dark fruits, leather and cigar box with a full-bodied velvety texture and elegant structure of integrated tannins and balancing acidity.

94 points - Vinous

Few bottles remain of our inaugural vintage! Sourced from old vine Pommard plantings with only 656 cases produced. Each bottle is individually numbered by hand. 

​Deep garnet in color with aromatics of red fruits, spice and earth. On the palate more red fruits emerge accented by forest floor, striking minerality, red clay earth and sweet baking spices. The palate is plush and full-bodied with integrated tannins, balanced acidity and a lingering finish.

Our 2017 AVA Pinot Noir Series represents different areas within the Willamette Valley American Viticulture Area including Chehalem Mountains, Dundee Hills, McMinnville, Ribbon Ridge and Yamhill-Carlton. Made with the same winemaking techniques, these wines express the terroir of their unique vineyard sites.

Offering a nose of fragrant rose, sandalwood and black cherry notes, the approach is bright as the wine moves into darker fruit notes on the palate with the addition of lavender, milk chocolate and minerality. Rich for the vintage, the wine is framed by lush tannins and balancing acidity.

Founder Jim Bernau traveled with the Oregon Governor's Delegation to Burgundy in the 1980s to seek out French clones to improve our state's quality. These vines were brought back and quarantined at Oregon State University before being propagated for use in Oregon vineyards. Naturally derived Dijon Clones from France being planted in the Willamette Valley was one of the greatest tipping points in Oregon wine quality.

91 points - Wine Enthusiast
92 points & Gold Medal - Savor Northwest
90 points - James Suckling

Sourced exclusively from 15 acres of Pinot Noir from the first plantings at the Estate Vineyard, Founder Jim Bernau planted these vines using a Christmas tree planter pulled behind his 33 horsepower tractor. He grafted the French clones 667 and 777 on a portion of the vines when they became available.

Case special: Save 20% on a case of this new release, complimentary ground shipping and one of your bottles will be signed by Jim Bernau.

​92 points - Wine & Spirits

This library selection was sourced exclusively from 15 acres of Pinot Noir from the first plantings at the Estate Vineyard, Founder Jim Bernau planted these vines using a Christmas tree planter pulled behind his 33 horsepower tractor. He grafted the French clones 667 and 777 on a portion of the vines when they became available.

The 2009 vintage was marked by a warm growing season producing exceptional wines with very well developed and concentrated fruit flavors with lively, bright acidity balance.  

Founder Jim Bernau's father, Fred Bernau, helped reestablish Oregon's wine industry in the early 1960s when he assisted Richard Sommer of HillCrest Vineyard in getting one of the first winery licenses post-prohibition. Jim was 10 years old at the time, so he and his brother John were allowed small tastes of Richard Sommer's wines at the dinner table.

From those small tastes, Jim's passion for Oregon wine grew. It has always been a dream of his to make a wine dedicated to his father, the help he provided to early Oregon wine pioneers and the passion he ignited in Jim. Père Ami, translated to "Father Friend," is just that.

92 points - Wine Advocate 
90 points - Wine Enthusiast

Sourced exclusively from one of the oldest vineyards planted in The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater, Stone Valley Vineyard. Only 153 cases produced.

This single vineyard designate from Stone Valley exudes the character of the cobblestone rocks with an aromatically brooding nose of black cherry, brambled fruit, brine, smoked meat, ash and minerality all giving way to a full-bodied, richly concentrated palate with dense flavors, refined tannins and an overall sensation of balance, but holding on to an elegant and silky feel. 

​91 points - Wine Spectator  

Sourced from Quail Run Vineyards in Southern Oregon, owned by dedicated growers Don and Traute Moore who are known for being Southern Oregon’s most celebrated producer of premium wine grapes.  
 
The 2011 vintage was dominated by a cool and late growing season, but the wines it produced have been superb. Concentrated fruit flavors are balanced with bold aromas while the acidity and lower alcohol levels insured ageability in the wine cellar.