Description
The Pike Road Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is made from 100% Northern Willamette Valley fruit, sourced from 15-20 trusted vineyard partners in the Willamette Valley, plus fruit from their own Estate Vineyards. By integrating fruit from multiple AVAs, soils, elevations, and growers, Pike Road gains in complexity and keeps a competitive price point that allows everyone to enjoy great wine from the Willamette Valley.
A year that kept everyone guessing, 2022 was an unusual vintage in the northern Willamette Valley. April brought one of its latest snows on record, with growers worried about frost damage. Thankfully, most vineyard sites set a generous crop which after a slow spring and required thinning to encourage ripening. Temperatures finally warmed in August and September, but cool nights ensured adequate hangtime and flavor development. A string of sunny October days gave the final ripening desperately needed. Nearly every block of fruit was ready over a compressed two-week period, so the fruit arrived at peak ripeness during a very intense harvest season in the cellar.
