AC/DC Case

The AC/DC (Anderson, Durant, Chehalem Mountain Case): 4 bottles each of the 2022 Anderson Family Vineyard , Chehalem Mountain Vineyard, Wadensvil Block and Durant Vineyard, Madrone Block Pinot Noirs (see notes below). The Anderson Family retails at $55, the Chehalem Mountain at $48 and the Durant, Madrone at $45 making the full retail price $592. Berserker Day Deal is $200 off—shipping included! Case price of $392 all-in. Give you a break? One break…coming up!

Information on the wines

2022 Durant Vineyard, Madrone Block Pinot Noir: This block has been with us since 2012 when, fittingly in this case, we were assigned to it to replace the fruit from our regular block (Bishop) that we lost to a spring weather event. This is Dijon 115 Clone and what began as a block that made a luxuriously crowd-pleasing style of wine has now morphed into a suave Dundee Hill Pinot Noir that has the fruit backing to easily handle the 100% whole cluster fermentation we do with the fruit. This is a recent review from Audrey Frick (who is awesome) at Jed Dunnuck, “Juicy and offering more immediacy, the 2022 Pinot Noir Durant Vineyard Madrone Block is a ruby hue and offers pretty notes of supple, ripe cherry fruit, forest floor, and a hint of violet perfume coming through. It feels generous on the palate, with a delicate, rounded midpalate and a very appealing, weightless feel. 94.”

2022 Chehalem Mountain Vineyard, Wadensvil Block Pinot Noir: This is both the second and final bottling of this wine. This has nothing to do with this site or this wine. This is an historic vineyard being the first site Dick Erath ever planted in Oregon (back in 1968) and just a great vineyard literally across the street from the edge of the Ribbon Ridge AVA boundary. The Wadensvil bottling (of which we do a few) comes from our favorite section of the vineyard and was done with 40% whole cluster fermentation in 2022.  Again, from Ms. Frick, “Coming from the steeper site of the vineyard, the 2022 Pinot Noir Chehalem Mountain Vineyard Wadensvil Clone is a jeweled ruby hue and is expressive in the glass, with notes of rocky earth, ripe raspberries, pretty spice, wildflowers, saline, and mushroomy earth. It has a chiseled structure and persistent length, with its red fruit shining through. Drink 2026-2040. 95.

2022 Anderson Family Vineyard Pinot Noir: This is an unusual Dundee Hill site that we only began working with in 2019 so the tenure is short and 2022 represents our last vintage with this site. Things happen and sometimes you just can’t keep going with places even if they produce beautiful wines. Y’all are the beneficiaries of this! This is a 270 degree planted vineyard situated atop a tiny butte made of softball-sized and shaped basalt from an ancient landslide. It produces more sinewy and minerally Pinot Noirs than our other Dundee Hill AVA sites while still having that redolent fruit and sweet palate notes. This is a combination of Dijon 667, Pommard, Wadensvil and Dijon 115. One last note from Audrey, “The last year for this cuvée, the 2022 Pinot Noir Anderson Family Vineyard pours a bright medium red color and is very pretty on the nose, with ripe wild raspberries, candied flowers, sweet herbs, and a hint of leather. Medium-bodied, it carries lovely intensity and extract on the palate, with a very pure and linear feel that’s focused and lovely. Offering a lot of vibrant, ripe, crunchy fresh fruit, it’s a highly pleasurable wine to drink over the next 10 or more years. 95.