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One of Our Finest Willamette Pinot Discoveries Ever

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2014 Jolete Pinot Noir Le Verre Cuvee Willamette Valley 750 ml

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International Pinot Noir Celebration Stunner

One of our finest Willamette Pinot discoveries ever is this 2014 Joleté “Le Verre Cuvee.” At the 31st annual International Pinot Noir Celebration, we dined at the immensely popular Bistro Maison in the heart of Willamette Valley wine country. Chef Jean-Jacques Chatelard prepares classic French cuisine, while his wife Deborah—formerly of Tavern on the Green—maintains an exceptional dining room experience. The coveted by-the-glass Pinot being offered was the 2014 Joleté “Le Verre Cuvee” from Willamette. After one sip, we were reaching for adjectives. After a bottle, we were reaching for our phones, in pursuit of an allocation. 93 points for a Pinot James Suckling calls “a beauty.” Produced by Jim Sanders, one of Wine Spectator’s “Eight Names to Know,” this stunner blends Willamette opulence and earth with Burgundian structure and mouthwatering acidity.  

Beyond Joleté, Jim Sanders is also the owner and winemaker of Aubichon Cellars and Le Cadeau Vineyard, where he’s racked up a bevy of 90+ scores from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator. In 2014, one of the finest vintages in Oregon history—Spectator awarded it 96 points—Sanders crafted his finest “Le Verre Cuvee” since Joleté debuted in 2008. 

The cuveé blends beautifully concentrated, tight-skinned Pinot Noir grapes from a site the in Yamhill-Carlton AVA, neighboring Tony Soter’s Mineral Springs Vineyard and Ken Wright’s Abbott Claim Vineyard. Another site, in the Chehalem AVA, was planted by Gary Andrus (Archery Summit Winery) to Burgundian spacing and clones from Le Musigny. In the glass, Willamette opulence and earth meets Burgundian structure and mouthwatering acidity.