2014 Fausse Piste Pinot Noir The Vegetable Lamb 750 ml

Rivaling Willamette Valley’s Best

If you buy just ONE under-$30 Pinot Noir from the highest-rated Pinot Noir vintage in Wine Spectator history, let it be this one. Jesse Skiles’ stupendous 2014 Fausse Piste “The Vegetable Lamb” is a $50 Pinot Noir masquerading behind a “villages” sticker price. High-elevation vineyards, biodynamic farming, and the legendary 96-point 2014 vintage have combined, thanks to Jesse’s deft hand, to produce a pure and elegant Pinot Noir to rival Willamette Valley’s best — and an amazing value too. Pop a cork or wait until the early 2020s. This is a red-letter opportunity to get something unique that tastes much more expensive than what we’re offering it for. Only 30 cases available for $29.99 per bottle — a Wine Access exclusive. Jump on this one.

We first became aware of Jesse Skiles’ wines at an event at The Slanted Door in San Francisco — we’re always on the lookout for wines that stop us dead in our tracks. An acclaimed chef with experience making wine at Owen Roe, Jesse had a field day in 2014, his first crack at the fruit harvested off the high-elevation, biodynamically farmed Johan and Momtazi vineyards in the Willamette Valley. Skiles couldn’t have asked for a better start, with 2014 recognized off the bat as one of the greatest vintages ever in the Willamette Valley. We’re dead serious when we say that Jesse’s 2014s stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Oregon’s elite.

After our tasting at the trendy restaurant in S.F.’s Ferry Building, we embarked on a three-month courtship that has landed us, and our Wine Access clients passionate about great Oregon Pinot Noir at exceptional, stock-the-cellar prices, a small allocation but a big bargain.