Dundee Hills Estate Pinot Noir 2021

SOKOL BLOSSER

Dundee Hills Estate Pinot Noir
2021

  • Organic

$47.99*

* Suggested retail price

52 case(s) available

Product code
608786
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
Specialty
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Country
United States
Regulated designation
American Viticultural Areas (AVA)
Region
Oregon
Subregion
Dundee hills
Varietal(s)
Pinot Noir
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

Sokol Blosser is one of the pioneering estates of the Oregon state wine industry. In 1971 when Bill Blosser and Susan Sokol Blosser began converting an old prune orchard into a vineyard they became one of five bonded wineries in the region. In the ensuing decades Oregon’s wine industry has grown (today there are over 500 wineries), changed and blossomed with Sokol Blosser at the forefront. Leading by example in their quest to produce exceptional wines while also promoting social and...

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Production notes

The grapes were carefully harvested from Estate vineyards, hand sorted to remove any flawed bunches and de-stemmed directly into 3-ton stainless steel and 2.5 ton wooden upright fermenters. After 7 days of cold soaking, fermentation took place over 13-15 days using ambient yeast, and cap management was punchdowns. After the long, cool fermentation, the wine was pressed off at dryness then barreled, aging for 16 months in 100% French oak barrels with 20% new oak. 35% used oak, and 45% neutral oak.

Tasting notes

On the nose, the 2021 Dundee Hills Pinot Noir shows notes of black cherry and raspberry accompanied by leather. On the palate, the fruit remains the same but is joined by black pepper and clove.

Press reviews

James Suckling

- 93 points -

April 2024 (Vintage 2021)

Red fruit character and truffles on the nose. An earthy palate of red cherries and raspberries punctuates this medium-bodied wine, with fine tannins leading to a tangy finish

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Jeb Dunnuck

- 92 points -

September 2023 (Vintage 2021)

A saturated and barely transparent ruby, the 2021 Pinot Noir Estate is ripe and forward with aromas of cherry lozenge, toasted baking spices, and pressed flowers. Rounded and silky, this medium-bodied red is attractive with ripe red and black-berried fruits, supple, fine tannins, and a graceful finish. It’s a very attractive, ripe wine to enjoy over the next few years.

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Decanter

- 92 points -

May 2023 (Vintage 2021)

Red fruited Pinot Noir from a collection of Dundee Hills sites in the Sokol Blosser portfolio. Floral aromatics of dried violets give way to fresh cranberry relish and wintergreen aromatics. The palate offers a streak of umami underlying bing cherry flesh and ripe raspberries.

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