2019 Oregon Pinot Noir

100% Pinot Noir | Certified Organic La Belle Promenade, Chehalem Mountain, Willamette Valley, Oregon Produced + Bottled by Las Jaras Wines, Sebastopol, CA Label Art by Blanca Miró Skoudy Description This is the second vintage of pinot noir sourced from the La Belle Promenade Vineyard in Oregon. It is a very unique site at high elevation on a southwestern facing slope along the bucolic hills of the Chehalem Mountains.  The vineyard is dry farmed organically and is planted to pinot noir, pinot meunier, chardonnay, and mondeuse noir. Although appellation rules do not allow us to label this bottle with its specific provenance (this is because we trucked the grapes from Oregon back to our winery in California), this wine is a pure expression of the La Belle Promenade Vineyard. The 2019 vintage in Oregon was like nothing we had ever experienced as California winemakers. We relied on the experience and expertise of our dear friend Grant Coulter who manages the vineyard and makes wine for b