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Roots Wine Company, Pinot Noir, Klee

Oregon, United States 2012 (750mL)
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Roots Wine Company, Pinot Noir, Klee


One of the up and coming winemakers to keep an eye on is Chris Berg, of Roots Wine Company, whose family’s wine estate is located within the Yamhill-Carlton AVA of the Willamette Valley. The 20 acre estate was first planted in 1999 and their first harvest in 2002 yielded just 75 cases of wine. Roots has slowly grown to 3800 cases annually; 2000 of these cases are labeled “Klee,” named in homage to the Swiss Paul Klee, his favorite artist. The Klee is made from a few different family owned vineyards in the area which Chris works closely with. He ferments the wine as natural as possible using indigenous yeasts and then transfers the wine to neutral French Oak barrels for 10 months before bottling unfined and unfiltered. His goal is not to intervene in winemaking and allow the truth of the land to shine in the bottle.

The 2012 Roots “Klee” Pinot Noir has a medium ruby core moving to a light pink hue on the rim. The aromatics are pure and fresh showing notes of fresh black cherry, pomegranate, just ripened strawberry, fresh roses, forest floor and wild herbs. On the palate the wine is light in body, soft in tannin, and just plain delicious. This wine should be consumed in its youth, ideally within the next few years, but if you forgot about it in the cellar, I doubt you would be disappointed in a decade. Give this wine some time to breath after opening and enjoy out of a traditional Burgundy stem at roughly 60-65 degrees.
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United States
Region
Oregon
Sub-Region
United StatesWillamette Valley
Soil
Volcanic and Sedimentary
Farming
Sustainable
Blend
Pinot Noir
Alcohol
13.0
OAK
Neutral

United States

Washington

Columbia Valley

Like many Washington wines, the “Columbia Valley” indication only tells part of the story: Columbia Valley covers a huge swath of Central
Washington, within which are a wide array of smaller AVAs (appellations).

Oregon

Willamette Valley

Oregon’s Willamette Valley has become an elite winegrowing zone in record time. Pioneering vintner David Lett, of The Eyrie Vineyard, planted the first Pinot Noir in the region in 1965, soon to be followed by a cadre of forward-thinking growers who (correctly) saw their wines as America’s answer to French
Burgundies. Today, the Willamette
Valley is indeed compared favorably to Burgundy, Pinot Noir’s spiritual home. And while Pinot Noir accounts for 64% of Oregon’s vineyard plantings, there are cool-climate whites that must not be missed.

California

Santa Barbara

Among the unique features of Santa Barbara County appellations like Ballard Canyon (a sub-zone of the Santa Ynez Valley AVA), is that it has a cool, Pacific-influenced climate juxtaposed with the intense luminosity of a southerly
latitude (the 34th parallel). Ballard Canyon has a more north-south orientation compared to most Santa Barbara AVAs, with soils of sandy
clay/loam and limestone.

California

Paso Robles

Situated at an elevation of 1,600 feet, it is rooted in soils of sandy loam and falls within the Highlands District of the Paso Robles AVA.

New York

North Fork

Wine growers and producers on Long Island’s North Fork have traditionally compared their terroir to that of Bordeaux and have focused on French varieties such as Cabernet Franc and Merlot.

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