Belle Pente Pinot Noir, Yamhill-Carlton 2021

Overview

An estate-grown, fruit-forward Pinot Noir with freshness, structure and the gentle expression of the Yamhill-Carlton appellation.

Producer

Belle Pente

Region

Oregon

Appellation

Yamhill-Carlton District AVA

Fermentation

16% whole cluster; 5–8 day cold soak; indigenous-yeast fermentation using a modified pied de cuve; hand punch-downs twice daily; average 18-day cuvaison.

Variety

100% Pinot Noir

Farming

Organic and regenerative farming; dry farmed; no irrigation

Aging

18 months in French oak: 20% new, 30% one-to-two-year-old and 50% three-to-six-year-old barrels; one racking before assemblage; gravity bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Soil

Marine sedimentary Willakenzie soil over Cowlitz Formation sandstone

Age of Vines

Blocks planted 1994–1999