Rose & Arrow Black Walnut 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 Black Walnut Pinot Noir 2018 is a premium red wine made from Pinot Noir grapes grown in the Dundee Hills AVA of Oregon's Willamette Valley.
The wine has a deep ruby color with a garnet hue and offers a complex and elegant aroma profile. On the nose, it features notes of ripe dark cherries, blackberries, and black currants, along with hints of vanilla, cinnamon, and a touch of earthiness.
On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied and silky with a balanced acidity. It reveals a rich and layered flavor profile with ripe black fruit, such as black cherry and blackberry, intertwined with subtle notes of spice and forest floor. The wine's smooth tannins add structure and depth, leading to a long and satisfying finish.
Vinous 95 points: "Glistening ruby-red. Ripe red and blue fruits, Asian spices, vanilla, cola and incense on the expansive nose. Finely detailed raspberry, boysenberry, kirsch and fruitcake flavors show fine definition and firm mineral cut. Plays power off delicacy with a sure hand and closes with sneaky tannic grip, repeating florality and impressive tenacity." -- by Josh Raynolds on February 2022
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Region: United States / Oregon Dundee Hills
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 Black Walnut Pinot Noir 2018是一款優質的紅葡萄酒，由種植在俄勒岡州Willamette Valley Dundee Hills AVA的Pinot Noir葡萄製成。
這款酒呈現深寶石紅色，帶有石榴石色調，散發出複雜而優雅的香氣。它的香氣帶有成熟的黑櫻桃、黑莓和黑醋栗的味道，還有香草、肉桂和微妙的泥土氣息。
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，有黑櫻桃和黑莓等成熟的黑色水果味道，夾雜著微妙的香料和森林地面的氣息。酒體柔順，單寧飽滿，帶有結構性和深度，並有持久而令人滿足的收結。
Vinous 95分：「閃閃發光的紅寶石色。成熟的紅色和藍色水果、亞洲香料、香草、可樂和線香的氣息在散發的氣味中蔓延。精細而詳盡的覆盆子、黑莓、櫻桃和水果蛋糕味道展現出良好的定義和堅實的礦物切割。它充分展現了強大和細膩的平衡，並以狡猾的單寧力量收尾，重複花香和令人印象深刻的持久力。」-- Josh Raynolds於2022年2月評論。
葡萄品種：Pinot Noir
產區：美國/俄勒岡州 Dundee Hills
酒款風格：俄勒岡州Pinot Noir