Gypsy Dancer Estates 2006 Pinot Noir A&G Vineyard

Rich Burgundy in color, one immediatley is drawn to the earthy minerality on the nose in addition to black fruit notes. The wine on the palate is clean, silky and rich. This wine is slightly more delicate than previous vintages, particularly the 2005 vintage, with more dominant fruit notes. It’s very well balanced fininshing with violet floral notes. The wine is laden with wonderful aromas reminiscent of the great Burgundies. The wine on the palate is lush, firm and succulent. The mouth explodes upon entry and clings to ones cheeks and palate and finishes strong and consistent. This wine is neither fined nor filtered. ENJOY!

The wines have consistently gotten 90 or above ratings and have shown a consistency of quality throughout it's history.

Sourced from grapes grown off of Red Hills Road in the Dundee Hills AVA Oregon, the small narrow spaced vineyard (3 feet by 3 feet) was planted in 1998 to Dijon clones 115, 667, 777 and Pommard. This 4.5 acres vineyard lies on a southeast facing slope consisting of the volcanic Jory soil. The vineyard was trained on the trellis to the single guyot system with one cane and one spur, and was green harvested before veraison to one cluster per shoot to promote concentration and complexity.

Individual grape clusters were sorted in the vineyard and at the winery. The wine was fermented with 40% whole clusters and, using gravity, the fermentors were topped with the crushed berries. Using French oak tanks, neutral and conical in shape for fermentation, the wine was cold-soaked for seven days prior to fermentation and in tank for maceration a total of sixteen days. The wine was racked by gravity directly to 100% new French oak barrels and left to age for 11 months. This wine was bottled without fining or filtering

This wine is ready to drink now, but could be cellared up to 8 to 10 years and still retain its feminine qualities.

480 cases produced