Purple Hands - Pinot Noir - Shea Vineyard 2023
- Producer Purple Hands Wine
- Blend 100% Pinot Noir
- Country USA
- Region Oregon
- Appellation Yamhill-Carlton
- UPC 8 56750 00312 5
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Item# 71038-23
Wine Enthusiast
93pt
Wine Spectator
92pt
Jeb Dunnuck
96pt
James Suckling
94pt
Wine Advocate
93pt
Ageing
10 months in French Oak, 25% New.
Estate
Shea Vineyard drapes over 140 acres of rolling hills in the Willamette Valley’s Yamhill-Carlton AVA. 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. This fruit is some of the most
coveted in the state. Cody sources from the highest elevation Shea block.
Tasting notes
Mulberry, boysenberry, cocoa nibs, cinnamon, clove, clotted cream, coffee, toasted vanilla, fruit leather, golden delicious apple.
Vinification
Purple Hands is a low intervention, purity-driven winery. Ferments are a mixture of techniques: native yeasts, and some commercial strains as needed.
25% whole cluster for 2023. Skin macerations are vintage-dependent styles. Wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered to retain the
honesty of the vineyard and the vintage.
