Love & Squalor Pinot Noir Reserve 2017

Willamette Valley, Oregon

100% Pinot Noir

LIVE Certified

13.5%

 

The 2017 Pinot Noir Reserve (FKA Antsy Pants). OK, the madras patchwork pants are still hanging on the label, but we outgrew the cheeky name. This limited 50-case bottling is a blended barrel selection from Vista Hills Vineyard in the Dundee Hills and Temperance Hill Vineyard in the Eola Hills. These are both top-notch sites that never disappoint.

 

This is a reserve wine, whatever that means, but the style is not typical - bolder, more oak - that we may be accustomed to. These are barrels that show great promise when young, but are like a rider on the horizon and we may have to wait a while before the true shape of the wine comes into focus.