Audeant Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA 2019
Audeant - May they dare, may they venture, may they risk
It brings the team here at Audeant Wines no end of gratitude that you would be interested in the work that we are doing. Going on eight years now, we have been diligent in our pursuit of beauty and the potential of a shared understanding. We look forward to the honor of being known by you through the products of our labor.
The work is many faceted, yet transparent. We maintain absolute respect for the individual site, and are attentive and sensitive to the responses of the vines to their environment throughout the growing season. We carry the impressions of that sensitivity into the cellar during harvest, allowing them and past impressions to dictate our responses to the fruit itself, its fermentation, and the resultant wine.
As with most that is inspiring, quantities are rather finite.
2019 Audeant Pinot Noir is just such a classic throwback. Coastal forest thicket, bright red fruit streaming out in every direction at once, perched on a finely grained stony ferrous framework. A sub-13% alcohol tells a different story than the sappy staining palate and expansive finish seem to indicate. This is our favorite bottling of this wine to date.
"Made with about 20% whole clusters, the 2019 Pinot Noir is intensely scented of blackberries and dark red cherries with notes of iron, blood orange, aniseed and cured meats. The palate is concentrated and alluringly broody, with intense, iron-laced fruit. It has a seamless structure, with grainy tannins supporting the full flavors, and it finishes with great length." Wine Advocate 95