Rose & Arrow Stonecreek Pinot Noir 2018
Rose & Arrow is the brainchild of Mark Tarlov, the man who started Evening Lands, and Louis-Michel Comte Liger-Belair. The aim is to make the best Oregon wines by uncovering the region’s Grand Cru terroirs.
Winemaking
Produce the very finest wines from the Basalt soils of the Willamette Valley. All fruit is destemmed, extractions are more like infusions, with regular gentle pump overs in open top fermenters, the oxygen-rich environment allowing for complex aromatics and very measured alcoholic degrees. Elevage is carried out over 12-15 months. The same coopers are used as in Vosne, with specific barrels selected and flown over from France each year. The resulting single-origin wines embody the pleasure of paradox: a light body with a depth of complex flavors, aromas, and textures.
Tasting Notes:
Rose & Arrow Stonecreek Pinot Noir 2018 is a premium red wine made from Pinot Noir grapes grown in the Chehalem Mountains AVA of Oregon's Willamette Valley.
The wine has a deep ruby color and offers an elegant aroma profile with notes of black cherry, blackberry, and plum, along with hints of vanilla and spice.
On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied with a silky texture and balanced acidity. It has a complex and layered flavor profile, featuring dark fruit flavors, such as black cherry and blackberry, intertwined with subtle notes of vanilla and spice. The wine's tannins are firm but well-integrated, adding structure and depth, leading to a long and satisfying finish.
Vinous 95 points: "Dark, shimmering garnet. Powerful red berry liqueur, cola, Moroccan spice and incense aromas are enlivened by a smoke mineral flourish that builds in the glass. Sappy, sweet and expensive in the mouth, offering concertrated raspberry, cherry-vanilla and floral pastille flavors that show a suave marriage of power and finesse. Broad and smoky on the strikingly long finish, which features mouting tannins and repeating florality" -- by Josh Raynolds on February 2022
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Region: United States / Oregon
Wine style: Oregon Pinot Noir
Rose & Arrow是Mark Tarlov和Louis-Michel Comte Liger-Belair共同孕育的點子，旨在發掘該地區的Grand Cru terroirs，製作最好的俄勒岡州葡萄酒。
釀酒過程
旨在生產來自Willamette Valley玄武岩土壤的最優質葡萄酒。所有的果實都被去梗，提取更像是浸泡，開放式發酵缸經常輕柔地泵送，富含氧氣的環境有助於複雜的香氣和非常平衡的酒精度。醇陳在12-15個月內進行。使用的是與Vosne相同的桶匠，每年選擇特定的桶子從法國運來。由此產生的單一來源葡萄酒體現了矛盾的樂趣：輕盈的酒體和複雜的口感、香氣和質感。
品酒筆記：
Rose & Arrow Stonecreek Pinot Noir 2018是一款優質的紅葡萄酒，由種植在俄勒岡州Willamette Valley Chehalem Mountains AVA的Pinot Noir葡萄製成。
這款酒呈現深寶石紅色，散發出優雅的香氣，帶有黑櫻桃、黑莓和李子的味道，還帶有香草和香料的微妙氣息。
在口感上，這款酒酒體中等，柔滑而平衡，酸度恰到好處。它呈現出豐富而分層次的口感，有黑色水果味道，如黑櫻桃和黑莓，夾雜著微妙的香草和香料氣息。酒的單寧飽滿而有力，但又與酒體融合得很好，增加了結構性和深度，帶來持久而令人滿足的收結。
Vinous 95分：「深沉閃耀的石榴石色。強烈的紅色漿果甜酒、可樂、摩洛哥香料和線香的香氣，隨著玻璃杯中的煙燻礦物氣息而變得更加生動。在口中，這款酒富有黏性、甜美和豐富的味道，呈現出集中的紅色覆盆子、香草櫻桃和花香糖果的風味，展現出強大與精緻的優雅結合。收結寬廣而煙燻，在令人印象深刻的長久收結中，單寧逐漸增強，不斷重複花香的氣息。」-- Josh Raynolds於2022年2月評論。
葡萄品種：Pinot Noir
產區：美國/俄勒岡州
酒款風格：俄勒岡州Pinot Noir