Wine in Eola-Amity Hills

Discover Evening Land “Seven Springs” Chardonnay Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

AVNI is a Stone family name that means “my stone” or “mother earth.” AVNI Pinot Noir reflects the complex flavor profile of Eola-Amity Hills fruit, born of rocky, volcanic soils on the hillside vineyards of the Willamette Valley. The wine is medium bodied but offers surprising depth and structure. Floral, smoky, mineral and red cherry, black plum fruit tones meld into a long silky finish.

The fruit for our Eola-Amity Hills Chardonnay was sourced exclusively from select vineyard sites featuring rocky, volcanic soils. This is a zesty, refreshing expression of Chardonnay, with bright fruit flavors laid against touches of spice and chalky minerality. The wine opens with notes of fresh lemon and lime, with secondary citrus characteristics of lemon peel and tangerine. Hints of ripe green apple, warm honeysuckle, and white peppercorn lead to a pleasant finish with plenty of natural, lively acidity.

Anden Pinot Noir celebrates Seven Springs’ rich history. The oldest corner of the vineyard is slowly succumbing to the ravages of phylloxera. Here, at mid-slope, the first Pinot Noir vines planted at Seven Springs still produce a delicate and savory wine. We hand-harvest the smallest and most beautiful clusters from the oldest and most disease-stricken vines then ferment them on the stems. We raise the wine in 100% new Ermitage barrels and bottle the wine without filtration. The resulting wine is delicate, fragile, and transfixing: a subdued and timeless interpretation of Pinot Noir.

With notes of fresh stone fruit, honeysuckle, and brightly balanced citrus.

Carter Vineyard is located in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA on volcanic mother rock. Fruit focused. Darker blue and black fruits of cassis, blackberry and dried blueberry supported by firm acidity and moderate tannins.

Just downslope from the narrow band of vines that form Summum is our La Source Chardonnay vineyard. The beneficiary of the same ancient lava flow, depositing iron-rich rocks and pebbles, La Source Chardonnay realizes this minerality with a richer and more open-knit texture.

Jerusalem Hill vineyard is our lowest elevation vineyard and our only Estate located in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA. The vineyard is planted to Dijon, Pommard and Wädenswil clones of Pinot Noir on sedimentary soils in the Woodburn series. Pinot Noir made from the Jerusalem Hill vineyard has aromas that are rich with dark fruits, dried cherries, wild game and spice. In the mouth, the wine is powerful and brawny, mouth coating on the mid-palate and has lingering tannins on the finish. Jerusalem Hill, like our other wines, will also reward you from several years of cellaring.

Discover Lavinea Elton Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills Chardonnay Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

Σ (The Sum) takes the middle path through classic descriptors, reflecting the soil and earth, reminding winemaker Shane Moore of an old farmer. This Pinot Noir is sourced from the best areas on Zena Crown, where the vineyard shifts to face primarily south, encouraging perfect ripeness. This red wine opens with aromas of blackberries and white pepper followed by flavors of persimmon, cedar and earth. A silky texture leads to a lingering finish.

A crisp dry wine with peaches, mango, and vanilla on the nose, the flavors are crisp and lemony with layers of toast and a strong finish. Made from Organic grapes grown in the Coastal Foothills west of Corvallis, Oregon. Half barrel fermented, nicely integrated hints of oak, no malolactic.

Slope is a dark, brooding Pinot Noir of great density, perfect for sipping next to the fireplace in the middle of winter. An ideal candidate for extended aging. This red wine symbolizes a dark winter’s night, and exhibits aromas of loganberry, caramelized onion, and mushroom. Flavors of cranberry, huckleberry and earth follow, woven with firm tannins.

2017 did not disappoint when it came to Pacific Northwest weather drama! It is certainly clear that our region, and the world around us, is changing due to manmade global climate change, which will invariably effect the way we farm and even what we farm in the Willamette Valley for decades to come. As with the hot years, the cold years, the dry years and the rainy years, it feels as if we’ve seen it all around here now...well most of it any- ways. After an easy 2016 growing season and vintage that pretty much rode the right along the region’s historical averages, in 2017 we returned to the more variable season wine growers in Oregon are most accustomed to. Cold streaks, rainstorms, drought, heat waves, and wild fires, oh my! While keeping us on our toes at times, especially the wild fires, we persevered right on into late September for what turned out to be a truly graceful, yet powerful vintage for Gamay Noir in the Willamette Valley. Gamay has always been a favorite grape for us and Methven Family Vineyards in the Eola-Amity Hills provided us with our first opportunity in 2011 to produce a wine from Oregon Gamay grapes. Today, nearly nine years later, it’s still our largest and most important Gamay vineyard in Oregon and we believe our long experience with Methven makes our Gamay “Cru” among our best Gamay wines. We split the grapes from Methven into three separate fermentation lots, one that was 50% destemmed (the traditional Burgundian method), one was 100% whole-cluster carbonic in a closed top stainless vat (the traditional Beaujolais method) and the last was semi-carbonic in an open top fermenter. Two of the lots were fermented with a pied de cuve build up (vineyard native yeast cultivation) and one was started by another Pinot Noir ferment. The wines were aged in neutral French oak barrels for 10 months. The 2017 Gamay “Cru” is classic Gamay and delicious. The Methven vineyard consistently demonstrates a strong terroir character of dark rock, like along the banks of a rocky stream and peppery strawberries - this year was no different. The 2017 Gamay Noirs were picked later than in previous years, and finished with low alcohol levels, giving a bright, lively, lighter colored Gamay with abundant old world charm mingling with Oregonian friendliness. Alc - 12.6% pH 3.66 75 cases produced

Sourced from select areas on the vineyard that yield the reddest fruit and tertiary aromas, Conifer is generally picked first and offers floral notes with great acidity. The exotic aromas of the Conifer are like being transported to a Mediterranean street market with all-encompassing qualities like the Provence sun. This red wine exemplifies summer with intense red fruit characteristics and aromas of rosemary and lavender. Flavors of cherry jam, warm spice, and forest air follow, leading to a lengthy finish.

Discover Salem Wine Company Pinot Noir Eola Amity Hills Or Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

Discover Bethel Heights Pinot Noir Beer. Is a carbonated, fermented alcoholic beverage. You can learn more about this beer and its availability here.

Entirely from our Lone Star Vineyard, the 2017 Nuthouse Pinot Noir highlights the spice and definition of the Eola-Amity Hills. Red cherry, black tea, rose petal, and savory herbs are buoyed by a dense core of fresh, vibrant acidity. The wine opens with sleekness and elegance and finishes with persistent, yet refined tannin. Cold soaking and fermenting in small, 1.5-ton fermenters enhances silky texture, while 30% whole cluster inclusion increases freshness, complexity, and length.

Aromas of fresh red fruits and savory herbs lead to flavors of cranberry, pomegranate, and Bing cherries.

The 2014 La Source Pinot Noir comes from the vines grown at the very top of Seven Springs. With the slope reaching 700 feet in elevation, our Dijon clones of Pinot Noir are challenged by rocky soils and daily wind from the Van Duzer Gap. The Dijon clones and the stressful conditions conspire to produce the focused, complex, and mineral-driven expression we believe serves as a benchmark for Oregon Pinot Noir. The La Source blocks at Seven Springs are harvested by hand. Gentle handling of the fruit throughout fermentation insures a supple, texturally pleasing wine. The 2014 La Source Pinot Noir was raised in 30% new French oak barrels and was bottled without fining or filtering.

California- A spicy, exotic blend of 70% Cabernet with Syrah, Grenache and Petit Verdot rounding out the blend. Inspired by the red blends of Southern France but very Californian in heft, this wine would be a perfect match to grilled steak or crispy duck.