Youngberg Hill Pinot Noir Natasha Willamette Valley 2016
Sure, sure, 94 POINTS and over 50% OFF for a killer Oregon Pinot is the lead story here, but….CHERRIES. Let’s talk about cherries. Because the rich, sexy, silky cherry fruit here is so warm and inviting, so elegant and powerful simultaneously, so mouth-wateringly soaked in YUM that it seems impossible. For this price?? C’mon!
Youngberg Hill started farming organically in 2003, have been practicing biodynamic farming since 2011, and dry farm, meaning no irrigation. 2016 is a spectacular vintage in Willamette Valley, and you’ll taste it right away. In fact, you might just have a little epiphany. The writer and poet Jim Harrison said: “wine draws in the world that surrounds us…increases the best aspects of camaraderie and sweetens the tongue for conversation,” swinging your mood from gentle to gentler.” YES!
Back to the cherries. We can discuss Morello, Bing or Rainier, or even Maraschino, but you’ll love it no matter what. We have just BARELY enough of this to send out an email...PLEASE jump QUICK if you love elegant, fine, lush, 94-point Pinot like we do! Wow! While it lasts!
Red currant, raspberry, and Oregon’s favorite marionberry flavors set
your palate up for luxury. The finish refined tannins with flavors of
vanilla, light smoke, and cola let you know that divinity exists. This
lady is balanced from start to finish and leaves a lingering depth.
Invite Aristotle, Martha Nussbaum, and Malala Yousafzai over for dinner.
Settle yourself in for the night and prepare for a deep, intimate
conversation with the 2016 Natasha.
Technical Details
Country: United StatesRegion: Oregon
Appellation: Willamette Valley
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Farming: Sustainable
Alcohol: 14.30%
Production: 558
About The Producer
Wine is a wonderful gift from nature, and its qualities vary according to the year and all of the different elements in a vine’s growing environment. The French term which describes this concept is terroir – meaning not just the soil, but also the rainfall, drainage, exposure and climate specific to a given site. The journey of a vine through its growth cycle, within its specific terroir, is an amazing thing: the vine sends its roots deep into the living earth. It struggles in search of water and nutrients, in communion with the unseen but vital world of soil microbes. Above the ground, the vineyard teems with life. A large community of grasses, herbs, and wildflowers supports a complex array of insect life, and the vine, with its verdant canopy, sends out its flowers and produces a crop of grapes. During the warm days of summer, the grapes soak up the sun and ripen. When the seasons begin to change and autumn is arriving, it is time to begin the harvest, not too soon and not too late.
The attentive grower watches over the vines as nature works its miracles, feeling the energy of life in the air and tending the vineyard sensitively and with a light hand. It is the winegrower’s job to bring out the potential of the grapes and to let the story of this place- the terroir of the vineyard and the year of the vintage- be told with clarity in the wine. Here at Youngberg Hill, we aim to accomplish just that with every bottle of wine we make.
Pairing Suggestions
Finish off the evening with a classic crème brulee.
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