Region: Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley, Oregon

Vintage: 2018

Composition: 100% Pinot Noir

History: Hamilton Russell Vineyards in South Africa has developed an international reputation over 40 vintages for unusually restrained, classically styled Pinot Noir, with deep structure and spice balancing fruit opulence. Hamilton Russell Oregon aims to express this stylistic philosophy with the very best Willamette Valley fruit – showcasing the restrained, structured classicism of great European Pinot Noir and the bright purity of Oregon fruit. The celebrated Zena Crown vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills, delivers a dark spice and tensile, fine-grained tannin structure to balance the complex lifted fruit the best Oregon Pinot Noir is known for.

Tasting Notes:

The 2018 Pinot Noir Zena Crown has a pale ruby-purple color and bright scents of raspberries, strawberries, powdered sugar, watermelon and dried herbs. Medium-bodied, the palate offers good concentration with a sturdy frame and long, juicy finish.