~ Patricia Green Cellars Estate Pinot Noir, Ribbon Ridge ~


ONTARIO
   

(416) 532-8565

 
 

August 16, 2011

 

 

92 points, Wine Advocate: 

 

"The 2008 Pinot Noir Estate is more deeply colored with a seductive perfume of smoke, rose petal, incense, terroir notes, black cherry and black raspberry. Mouth-filling, intense, already complex, and lengthy, it will evolve for another 2-3 years and offer a drinking window extending from 2013 to 2023.

Veteran vigneron Patricia (Patty) Green was the original winemaker at Torii Mor before purchasing the old Autumn Wind Winery in 2000 along with partner Jim Anderson and renaming it Patricia Green Cellars. Current production stands at 10,000 cases with distribution in 20 states. All of the Patricia Green wines are fermented naturally, see about one-third new oak, and only Cadus barrels are used in the cellar. The Patricia Green 2008 Pinot Noirs range from outstanding to sublime in quality."

 

 

Wine Advocate # 191
Oct 2010


 

 


 
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Patricia Green Estate Pinot Noir, Ribbon Ridge, Oregon 2008

 

 
REGION:               Willamette Valley, OREGON

  

VARIETAL:            100% Pinot Noir

                                  
PRICE:                  $39.95/btl (not including HST)

                           

FORMAT:               12 x 750ml   

 

AVAILABLE:           15 cases

DRINKABILITY:        2013-2023+

 

THE STORY:

Patricia Green Cellars is located in the Ribbon Ridge district of Yamhill County on the 52 acre estate purchased in 2000 by Patty Green and Jim Anderson. The winery, and thus the two friends, are noted for producing a tremendously broad selection of Pinot Noirs from far flung vineyards representing some of the better sites in the Ribbon Ridge, Dundee Hills, Chehalem Mountains, and the Eola Hills growing regions.

 

They produce Pinot Noirs that show the distinctions of the sites that they work with. All of the vineyards (whether estate or sourced) are extremely well-tended sites that seek to grow the best fruit possible through rigorous attention to detail on every single vine. To ensure that our sites truly show the characteristics of the soil, micro-climate and clonal material none of them use irrigation.

 

Oregon has shown itself to be one of the few truly great wine growing regions in the world. Patty strives to work within small sub-sections of this vast growing region to find areas particularly suited to growing great fruit. The wines are made in a very traditional fashion that emphasizes the quality of the raw materials with which we begin, the experience we have with making wine and the intuitive decisions we make during each harvest to produce top quality wine.

 

With only 10,000 cases in total production, Patricia Green's wines are some of the most boutique in Oregon.  Only three wines were made from their estate fruit in 2008, with a tiny production for all three.