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About Bethel Heights Vineyard
A family operation through and through, this Willamette Valley vineyard has been run by the Casteel—Dudley—Webb family conglomerate since 1977. It’s a testament to the possibilities of cooperation that 11, yes 11, family members are currently co-owners of the vineyard. There is also a profound respect for the environment here. Ted Casteel, one of the vineyard’s founders, also co-founded the Low Input Viticulture and Enology certification program for sustainable viticulture.
2008 Bethel Heights Vineyard Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
Producer: Bethel Heights Vineyard
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Pinot Noir
Origin: Oregon
Region: Willamette Valley
90 Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2010
($28) Bright ruby. Pungent, sexy scents of dried red fruits, star anise, allspice and rose. Lively and precise on entry, then gains flesh and breadth in the mid-palate, offering sweet raspberry and cherry compote flavors and showing no rough edges. The finish is juicy, seductively sweet and very long. A very impressive "basic" bottling that bodes well for the later-release single-site and reserve bottlings from this vintage.
90 Points | Wine Spectator
90 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
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