2016 Adelsheim Pinot Noir Willamette Valley

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• By Sara d'Amato
  1/2/2019, (See more on WineAlign...)

  (Adelsheim Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley red) Login and sign up and see review text.

• By Michael Godel
  12/27/2018, (See more on WineAlign...)

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• By John Szabo, MS
  12/20/2018, (See more on WineAlign...)

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• By James Suckling
  4/29/2018, (See more on JamesSuckling.com...)

  (Adelsheim Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, Red, United States) Login and sign up and see review text.

• By Josh Raynolds
  Oregon Pushes the Quality Needle for Pinot (Jan 2018), 1/18/2018, (See more on Vinous...)

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Full Pull

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull Willamette Pinots, 3/26/2018

  (Adelsheim Pinot Noir Willamette Valley) Hello friends. Many people consider Pinot Noir a decidedly fall beverage. I think it’s something about the sound of crunching leaves and foraging for mushrooms. For me, spring has always been an equally appealing time to stock up on Pinot Noir. These wines are always food friendly enough for Easter dinner or a Passover Seder, with low-to-mid level alcohol that’ll keep you awake as the sun sets increasingly later and later. Over the past few years, Pinots—when listed at the right price and made by the right winery—have begun to beat out list member favorites, like Cab and Syrah, in popularity. So when Pinot season hits, spring or fall, we search for samplings from our neighbors to the South in hopes of finding Oregon bottles that belong on our dinner tables and make our wallets happy. Here is a pair of recent highlights:Adelsheim represents the best thing about the Willamette Valley: the spirit of innovation. While Adelsheim might not be the trendiest/hippest producer right now, David and Ginny Adelsheim truly helped pioneer the region. In 1971, David Adelsheim purchased his first 19 acres and launched his winery—just five years after David Lett planted Eyrie’s first vines. Now, Adelsheim has six estate vineyards covering over 180 acres. Adelsheim falls into the small group of growers and vintners who are responsible for the Willamette’s past, present, and future. And honestly, one of best things about these pioneering wineries is that they aren’t the trendiest or the hippest. They know how to make wine, they know their style, and they stick to it. With Adelsheim, it’s decades of consistency, exceptional purity, and incredible value. Today’s offer offers all of that—especially value. This is without a doubt the lowest TPU pricing we’ve ever had for this wine. Released at $32, this wine was delicious. Available for $19.99, it’s utterly joy inducing. Raised in French oak, 25% new, for 10 months, this cuvée is a blend of Adelsheim’s Pinot holdings across the Willamette Valley. Delightfully red—pomegranate, raspberry, cranberry—and decidedly spiced with allspice, cloves, and cinnamon cocoa, the nose is bright and enticing. In the mouth, a midweight palate (13.5% listed alcohol) leads with juicy fruit and the winery’s signature textural elegance, all studded with bits of toasty wood and leafy herbs. Subtle tannins give a touch of bite as it finishes back where it all started—deliciously red. Vinous: Copyrighted material withheld.