2016 Rex Hill Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 375ml

Rex hill, a legacy winery in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, has been making elegant Pinot Noir for over 35 years. In 2007, the founders sold Rex Hill to the two families behind A to Z Wineworks. Case production was quickly reduced by almost 80% to refine Rex Hill wines to be of the utmost quality and distinction. A to Z provided the resources to refocus Rex Hill as a luxury boutique brand offering special wines made with only the most careful attention to detail. The commitment to superior quality means year-round responsiveness to site, vintage, and climate, farming with organic and Biodynamic principles, and careful hand-selection of only the best clusters at harvest.

The 2016 vintage was one of contrast. Record warm temperatures pushed bud break and flowering earlier than ever. The heat interspaced with rain led to very fast growth and heightened mildew pressure, but 100-degree days gave way to mild temperatures through the summer slowing growth and ripening. Verasion was almost three weeks in sine vineyards leading to a long and stretched out harvest. All in all, the weather was beautiful, slightly lower yields than projected but tremendously clean, concentrated, and fully ripened fruit!

Aging: 10 months in French Oak.