Kelley Fox Weber Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021
$250.00 inc. GST
This is Kelley’s third Pinot produced from Weber Vineyard, a beautiful vineyard just down Worden Hill Road from Maresh Vineyard that I have prized for a very long time. The vines in this block were planted in 1983 on their own roots. Strong, old Oregon oak trees and towering old maples guard the southern part of my block for this wine, while the eastern border of my block is a wild, mixed forest filled with unseen songbirds singing during the light hours. The Weber 2021 is a medium, youthful, and rich tone of red with brilliant transparency. The classic Dundee Hills nose is pure-fruited, inviting, and full red and blue berries and subtle spices. The mouth has beautiful, silken texture full of strawberries and raspberries. It has nice acidity and fine structure that has a long, silky, and weightless finish. When I wrote these notes, this wine felt like it should be in a fairy tale.
Description
The wines are made to reflect the land, the vines, the fruit of the vines, the year, and everything else unknown and unseen that comes with those things. They are Oregon wines, and hopefully, they are wines specifically of their vineyards. That said, the wines are not really “made” at all. I am not Pygmalion, imposing my idea of what they should be onto them. It is a vulnerable approach, but to me, it’s how this work becomes non-hierarchical and respecting life. What I am doing-and it still takes a lot of inner and outer work-and being in the silence- is responding to the essence of the fruit from each block, which I hope is carrying the essence of the earth that bore it, along with the details of the year (the weather, the stars, and the planets, etc. etc.). As I age having worked like this for so long, I feel profound gratitude to be on this walk. Kelley Fox
Additional Information
| size | 750ml |
|---|---|
| brand | Kelley Fox Wines |
Reviews / Ratings / Awards
Rated: 96 Points by Gary Walsh – The Winefront
Dundee Hills A.V.A. Self-rooted Pommard vines planted in 1983. No new oak. 30% whole bunch. Dried rose, liquorice/aniseed, cherry, spice and white pepper. Light to medium-bodied, lively wine, bright acidity and delicate flavour, but does have presence and there’s almost no oak influence discernable, which really suits the wine. Finish is very ‘mineral’ and so long. Vineyard speaks. Beautiful.It’s a wine that provoked an emotional response, and that doesn’t happen so often. Alcohol : 13%
96 Points: Jeb Dunnuck (Audrey Frick)
The jeweled ruby 2021 Pinot Noir Weber Vineyard takes on a riper though equally pristine character with wild raspberry liqueur pressed roses forest herbs and blood orange. On the palate it has a rounded mouthfeel with more concentration and delivers ripe tannins as well as a pure long earth-toned finish with beetroot spice. Drink 2025-2035
