Current Releases
2021 Willamette Valley
Nebbiolo
From our 20-ish year old planting at Clos Electrique and the stunning vines at Alan Foster’s White Oak Vineyard on Ribbon Ridge, Cameron Nebbiolo is a labor of love. After three years in the cellar and one in the bottle, we’re offering the 2021 vintage, the hottest year in the region on record and perhaps our strongest Nebbiolo to date. The nose offers very cool, ethereal aromas of menthol, leather, and dried rose petals. The palate is all Nebbiolo with its firm tannins, medium body and notes of orange peel, fine tobacco and dried porcini. Very Alto-Piemontese-like. Enjoyable now with decanting and some hearty fare, this wine will really blossom over the next 7-15 years!
2022 Julia
Pinot Noir
The Martin Ray massale at Abbey Ridge Vineyard, planted in 1987, comprise the highest elevation and lowest-yielding pinot noir vines at Abbey Ridge and regularly produce some of our most dense, compelling wines. The Julia cuvée is the single best barrel from this small lot. The wine spends two years in barrique and another year in bottle before release. The nose is precise and full with currants, anise, chocolate and loam, and makes way for a brooding, dark-fruited palette and a long, lingering finish. The label represents a native Madrone tree which grows next to the vineyard. Named in honor of Julia Wayne of Abbey Ridge, this extremely limited wine (only 580 bottles) is elegant and charming, just like its namesake.
2023 Abbey Ridge
Chardonnay
The smallest production of the quartet of our single vineyard releases (2 barrels!). From the handful of rows of Draper clone Chardonnay in Abbey Ridge. This wine has a generous nose with aromatics of chamomile, wet stone and apple blossom. The palate is focused and coursing with acidity and a hint of salinity.
2023 Abbey Ridge
Pinot Noir
Abbey Ridge Pinot comes from the South Block, whose own-rooted Wadenswil and Pommard vines were planted starting in 1975. We couldn’t describe the 2023 vintage any better than our friends at Avalon Wine: “Steeped in the vineyard’s lavender, rose, and rosemary-tinged terroir is a heavenly swirling of wild raspberry,—first silken, then building gently with flavorful tannins, all with a sensual base note.”
2023 Arley’s Leap
Pinot Noir
Sourced from the highest elevation plot of Pinot Noir at Abbey Ridge, Arley’s Leap is comprised of the famous Martin Ray Clones. These vines yield small, variable clusters and regularly produce some of our best wines. The plot is named after Bill and Julia Wayne’s old dog Arley, who survived a jump from a second story balcony when startled by a cat.
The nose has a compelling balance of savory and fruit aromas — black olive and plum, cherry and leather, bergamot, violet and salumi. The palette is round and warm, with a bright, mouthwatering finish.
2023 Clos Electrique
Blanc
Clos Electrique Blanc comes from a 6-clone massale planted starting in the early 80s with heritage Burgundy cuttings. The field blend of compelling chardonnay selections, our hillside, and our farming make this wine among our finest. Our friends at Avalon wine put it best: “This wine shows the value of our liquid-gold Corton clone in the vineyard’s massale: aromas of lime leaf, apple blossom and jasmine meet (dare we say it) electrifying acidity and a clean palette with lingering notes of chalk and salinity. Shimmering, an arpeggio of bright and beautiful Chardonnay notes on the right hand before the left joins with succulent flavor— sustaining. 2023 is sure to be a fine example of this wine!”
2023 Clos Electrique
Rouge
John Paul searched throughout Northern California for the collection of Pinot Noir clones that make up Clos Electrique Rouge. These vines were planted in the early 80s and consistently produce low-yield, high intensity Pinot Noir. As our friends at Avalon Wine say: “This Pinot Noir is its own animal and an awesome one at that! What begins with the vineyard’s foresty-minerally savoriness blossoms into a deeply-fruited, silky surge. This contrast of elements in the 2023 vintage make this a standout vintage for Clos Electrique—forever unique and in ’23, even more handsome.”
2024 Dundee Hills
Chardonnay
Vinified from 40 year old vines at Abbey Ridge & Clos Electrique, this is the best Chardonnay in its price range on the market.
Lime leaf, apple and orange blossom aromatics pair with vibrant, plush mouth. Acid plays well with a long, mineral finish allows it to be both an aperitif while you’re cooking and a perfect pairing with the meal — though if you drink enough while you’re cooking, this latter point will be unimportant!