2006 Beaux Frères- The Beaux Frères Vineyard Pinot Noir | Most vintages of our wines need a bit of bottle time to really show their stuff as we take great pains to produce wines in a relatively oxygen-deprived environment at cold temperatures. The 2006 vintage is a beautiful year of ripeness, and the 2006 Beaux Frères Vineyard shows the exceptional maturity of the grapes and the tannins. Deep ruby/purple-tinged to the rim, with a sweet, ripe nose of black raspberry, kirsch, with some underbrush and spice notes (any evidence of new oak casks is completely obscured by the wine's fruit). The wine cuts a broad savory path on the palate and has relatively elevated glycerin and sweet fruit which tends to obscure and hide the significant tannin. This is a very full-bodied, powerful style but also has a seamless integration of fruit, acidity, wood, tannin and alcohol. It's a beauty and can be drunk young, although we envision this wine hitting its peak in 5-7 years and lasting for 15-20. It is the sexiest, most hedonistic wine from this vineyard site to date. For that reason, we think it is among the finest wines we have ever produced.

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2006 Beaux Frères- The Upper Terrace Pinot Noir | The Upper Terrace Vineyard has a character all its own. Even though it is a neighbor to the Beaux Frères Vineyard, and shares both soil type and exposure, Upper Terrace is planted exclusively to Dijon clones; we believe this gives the wine a darker fruit character, with aromas of forest floor and spring flowers. The 2006 Upper Terrace has taken a full year to let that character shine through. Earlier in its maturation it seemed to lack differentiation from the Beaux Frères Vineyard, and certainly one of the requirements for a separate bottling is that the wine be of unique character. However, recent tastings show an impressively deep ruby/purple color, with boysenberry, blackberry, and black currant emerging along with spring flowers and a slightly restrained yet intense bouquet. This full-bodied wine is a very noble expression of Pinot Noir that tastes as if it emerged from a cooler climate than that of our Newberg, Oregon farm. Its personality is forming beautifully, and while we find the wine less exuberant and flamboyant in its youth than the Beaux Frères Vineyard, it is our belief that with a few years of bottle age it will round into maturity. This wine should age effortlessly for 15 or more years.

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2006 Beaux Frères- Willamette Valley Pinot Noir | This cuvée exhibits a deep ruby/purple color, a beautiful nose of sweet cherries, raspberries, spice box and spring flowers. This wine is very rich, hedonistic, and full-bodied, balanced with tremendous amounts of fruit and glycerin. It is smooth, seamless, and altogether a gorgeously plump, fleshy style of Pinot Noir that should drink exceptionally well for at least a decade. The 2006 Willamette Valley is comprised of wine made from the Carabella, Shea, Zena Heights, Ana and Amalie Robert Vineyards. This may well be the finest cuvée of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir we have made. A real crowd pleaser.

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