Purple Hands - Pinot Noir - Shea Vineyard2022
RED WINE
- Producer Purple Hands Wine
- Blend 100% Pinot Noir
- Country USA
- Region Oregon
- Appellation Yamhill-Carlton
- UPC 8 56750 00312 5
Reviews
James Suckling 94
Very aromatic with notes of cherries, raspberries, dried blood oranges and hints of cocoa and licorice. Juicy and bright with a medium body, offering fine, silky tannins and delicious fruit with notes of crushed stones. Refreshing and long. Drink or hold.
by JS, James Suckling , 2024
Wine Enthusiast 92
Talk about flower power! The Purple Hands Shea opens with aromas of fresh rose petals, lavender, red raspberries and a mild potting soil note. The garden party continues with flavors like blackberry, clove, wet slate and a cup of black tea. Lively acidity and fine-grained tannins hold it all together.
by MA, Wine Enthusiast , 2024
Decanter 94
Undeniably Oregon Pinot Noir from the iconic Shea Vineayrds in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Classic red bramble aromatics along side gravelly dust and fresh thyme notes. The palate is fresh and lively. Bright red raspberry, tart cranberry and spiced blood orange alight the front palate. An array of fresh wild herbs, subtle clove spice, and a gorgeous fresh mint character frames a Burgundian-style finish.
by CP, Decanter , 2024
Jeb Dunnuck 96
From one of the highest elevations in this vineyard, the 2022 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard is a transparent red hue and is aromatic of ripe cherries, spices, mossy earth, and a lightly gamey but clean earth note. It is an elegant and lifted expression of the Shea Vineyard, with bright acidity, fine tannins, and a more linear feel, and as it opens, it starts to show its broader shoulders and its deeper notes come through.
by AF, Jeb Dunnuck , 2024
Wine Advocate 93
The 2022 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard was fermented with around 25% whole clusters and matured in about 30% new oak. It has a very pale ruby color and alluring scents of cranberry, rhubarb, forest floor and Angostura bitters. The light-bodied palate is elegantly styled, offering concentrated yet detailed flavors and compelling spicy accents. It's structured by silky tannins and juicy acidity and has a long, nuanced finish.
by EB, Wine Advocate , 2024
Wine Spectator 93
Handsomely structured and refined, offering multilayered flavors of black cherry and blueberry. Shows black tea and savory spice accents while building tension toward medium-grained tannins.
by TF, Wine Spectator , 2024
Technical Details
Ageing
12 Months in Barrel65% Neutral Oak
35% New Oak
Tasting notes
A great rendition spotlighting this iconic vineyard, it's loaded with ripe black fruits, espresso, cola and clean earth flavors. The barrel spices, the balance, even the gentle sniff of leather, all work in concert to create a most pleasurable, lingering and complex tasting experience.Vineyard
Shea Vineyard drapes over 140 acres of rolling hills in the Willamette Valley’s Yamhill-Carlton AVA, stretching from 450 to 630 feet elevation. The vineyard is planted in sedimentary soils atop fractured sandstone derived from an ancient seabed. Dick Shea first planted the Back Block in 1989 and then replanted it in the mid-90s to eliminate the problem of phylloxera, a microscopic insect that feeds on grapevine roots. Since then, it’s been a simple story of amazing wines. Visitors to the Willamette Valley quickly recognize the respect commanded by wines made from Shea Vineyard grapes. This fruit is some of the most coveted in the state, as it consistently inspires critically acclaimed bottlings.Vinification
Native FermentationSmall Open Top Fermenters
Hand Plunged & Macerated
Unfined & Unfiltered