Ayres Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

VINTAGE2021BOTTLE SIZES750 MLCOUNTRYUSAREGIONOregonAPPELLATIONWillamette ValleyWINE TYPERedVARIETALSPinot NoirORGANICPracticingVINEYARDThe Ayres Willamette Valley Pinot is souced from the Ayres Estate in Ribbon Ridge at 474 feet elevation, and the Oliver Vineyard in Yamhill Carlton at 600 feet elevationSOILMarine sedimentary (mixture of sand-clay-seashells)VITICULTUREVineyards are dry farmed and organic farming practices are employed. The Ayres Estate vineyard has been LIVE certified since 2007VINIFICATIONWines are fermented in open top, 2 ton fermenters using all indiginous yeasts for both primary and secondary fermentations. A small amount of whole clusters were used.AGING10 months in French oak, with 15% being newPRODUCTION3500NOTESOur Ribbon Ridge estate fruit and our leased vineyard, Oliver Vineyard, within the Yamhill-Carlton AVA experienced a warm growing season early on mixed with some pacific northwest showers in 2019. The result is an elegant and refined expression of Pinot N