Belle Pente - Pinot Noir Yamhill-Carlton District 2020 (750ml)

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Price: $44.99

6+ Price: $42.99 / btl

12+ Price: $39.99 /btl

Producer	Belle Pente
Country	United States
Region	Oregon
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2020
Sku	100872
Size	750ml
ABV	13.00%

Belle Pente Description

RVWC

Belle Pente (bell-pont') means "beautiful slope" - a perfect description for our 70 acre hillside vineyard & winery site in Oregon's Willamette Valley. It also reflects the inspiration that we draw from the exquisite wines of Burgundy and Alsace, following the guiding principle that great wine is made in the vineyard and merely nurtured in the winery. We are located on a historic 1840s farmstead two miles east of the town of Carlton in the Yamhill-Carlton American Viticultural Area. The vineyard site rises from 240' to 500' with south, south-east, and south-west exposures. The first vineyard was planted in 1994, and now includes over 16 acres of Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and Chardonnay. The estate vineyard is supplemented with high quality fruit grown to our specifications in partnership with carefully selected independent Yamhill County vineyards. Our 3-level, gravity flow winery was built in 1996 (our first vintage), and our average production is now 4500 cases per year, 2/3 of which is Pinot Noir, and 2/3 of which is from estate grown grapes.

Winemaker Notes

The 2020 bottling is Belle Pente and Yamhill-Carlton heavy with a splash of Dundee Hills fruit. This is a fresh, vibrant young Pinot that is more reflective of the stellar growing season than the late summer wildfires. The winery did not make single vineyard wines in 2020, so this has a healthy dose of barrels that would normally be in higher level wines. As usual, a "simple" Willamette Valley bottling that delivers quality and value far exceeding its humble price. Enjoy over the next several years!

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