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Wine Spectator Calms WineAccess Nerves — A 94-97pt Miracle in Oregon

We knew it was coming. Nearly everyone in Willamette Valley did. Still, critics are notoriously capricious. What if Wine Spectator didn’t see the 2014 vintage for what it truly is — one of the richest and surely the finest Pinot Noir vintage in Oregon history?

Last September, we traveled to Oregon with two objectives in mind. First, there’s nothing quite like tasting freshly picked Pinot Noir berries right off the sorting table. Second, we’d heard that the 2015 harvest was excellent, and as large as — if not larger than — 2014. If so, even the growers would not only have more fruit than barrels to store it, but they’d be strapped for cash like never before.

We checked into The Allison Hotel on September 10th, loaded for bear. When we checked out three days later, we’d committed to thousands of cases of sensational 2014 estate-grown Pinot Noirs — many at HALF the release price. Then we sat back and waited to see if the Spectator saw the vintage as we had.

Earlier this week, Wine Spectator calmed our nerves. Not only did the magazine drop a 94- to 97-point vintage rating on Oregon’s 2014 Pinot Noir, but we learned of the feature story that will have every California Pinot Noir enthusiast in America turning his attention towards the Pacific Northwest!

We’ll make this easy for you. If you’re a Pinot Noir collector, do as Wine Spectator suggests and buy EVERY bottle of the 2014 single-vineyard Pinot Noirs from the likes of Beaux Frères, Cristom, ArborBrook, Lange, and Domaine Serene.

And if you’re a Pinot Noir bargain-hunter? Take full advantage of the bets we made on September 12th-14th and lay down CASES of under-$20 Pinot Noirs from Oregon’s stars … beginning today with Dave and Mary Hansen’s ArborBrook.

Dave and Mary Hansen began searching for property in mid-1999. Before the end of the year, they’d settled on a magnificent 30-acre property on the southern flank of Yamhill County’s Chehalem Mountain range. A year later, the Hansens planted a 5-acre block to Dijon Clone 777, known for its plumpness and deep, dark, black cherry concentration. A second block was planted in 2006, to a combination of Dijon Clones 115 and 667 and Burgundy’s Pommard Clone, which provides the racy intensity that so defines the Hansens’ ArborBrook Pinot Noirs.

As was true throughout the Willamette Valley, 2014 was nearly perfect at ArborBrook. The salient features of the 2014 growing season were a large, uniform fruit set, and an unprecedented number of days (25) where high temperatures topped 90 degrees.

Still, despite the steady heat, there wasn’t a single day where temperatures topped 100 degrees. Incredibly, when Dave Hansen made the call to harvest in September, there was no sign of blistering at all. While yields were some of the highest on record — so were sugars! To top it off, in a vintage that really “has it all,” acids remained firm and bracing.

The 2014 ArborBrook Vineyards Pinot Noir Chehalem View Cuvée is a stunning bottle of Pinot Noir. Brilliant purple/ruby, infused with flamboyant aromas of sweet black cherry and black raspberry, framed by cedar and sweet spice. Rich, juicy, intensely concentrated, yet still vibrant and so light on its feet, filled with crushed red fruit and cherry jam, finishing with textbook Chehalem Mountains cut. Drink now for its youthful hedonism or lay down until the early 2020s. This one’s a keeper.

Set to be released at $35/bottle at the winery. Just $19 this morning ONLY on WineAccess. Shipping included on 6.