Hundred Suns 'Old Eight Cut' Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA 2022

Source fruit from growers we like, trust, and respect. Choose growers who share with us a history in the valley, an ideology aimed at quality in the vineyard, and a desire to farm with an eye on the environment.

Push boundaries and take risks. Experiment with and understand each vineyard and how our practices in the cellar can accentuate the site and the vintage.

Trust the process and ourselves. Explore new techniques of fermentation and aging because we know our experience will guide us. Manipulate the wines as little as possible, and let the vineyards and vintages speak for themselves. As such, our wines are fermented with indigenous yeast, native malolactic bacteria, and without the use of unnatural additives.

Make wines we want to drink. Create delicious wines that can be enjoyed now or for years to come.

The Old Eight Cut refers to a diamond cut dating back to the 1400s using simple tools and few cuts to enhance the natural brilliance of the stone without disguising its true nature.

A rich red color, the 2022 Pinot Noir Old Eight Cut is fruity and floral with notes of ripe raspberry preserve, sweet earth, crushed flowers, and candied flowers. Medium-bodied and ripe with plush, sweet tannins, it has a pleasing gravelly touch of mineral texture on the finish. It’s very pretty and ripe now, although it should hold on over the coming 5-7 years. - Audrey Frick 93