November 1, 2022 - Beautifully made Pinot with a bouquet of subtle but delicious floral and grassy notes. The forest floor notes have intensified with the wine’s age and this is one of the most Burgundian style Pinot’s I’ve found in the new world. Kelley Fox is a rockstar.
December 30, 2021 - G20; 4+8.5+4*+8*+8*+4*+4=91+; Drank side by side with 2010 Penner-Ash Pas de Nom. Immediately upon opening this was very reduced (not barnyard). After 10+ minutes the wine began to open into a Kelley Fox wine of lightness and red berry fruitedness…. Color is slightly bricking already! This is a Pinot appreciator's cheap bottle of Willamette wine. That says a lot. Good, not excellent. Allows you to appreciate the vintage and the "Valley." This continued to open and improve into a "good" wine but not an excellent wine. Again, for the price this is a great QPR, but it you are looking for a 94+ point wine in this price range, even Kelley Fox cannot deliver that!!
May 3, 2021 - Red fruit, orange rind, subtle spice, high acid, beautiful
August 16, 2019 - n nice red fruit and forest
p bright red fruit, little forest floor, and spice
f average length
February 17, 2018 - Needed about an hour of air, but then so silky, red-fruited and refined
October 4, 2017 - Bright, transparent ruby, red flowers, wild strawberry, mineral, spice, fine tannin, long finish. This is just so charming and pure.
March 17, 2017 - The nose showed incredibly fresh red berry and cherry fruit, along with plum, herbal tea leaves, clove, and minerals. It was wonderfully refined on the palate yet soft with pure red berry and blue fruits, inner florals and hints of citrus zest. The long, lingering finish was redolent of mineral-tinged blueberry skins.
March 13, 2017 - North West Wines (Left Bank Restaurant): Compared to all the other wines this showed poorly. Rather simple.
February 17, 2017 - 1 hr open, reminiscent of the '13 Maresh as to color and overall impression of flavors, however this finishes with a touch of tartness that overwhelms the otherwise fine attack and midpalate.