By Lundeen Wines
2023 Articulate Pinot Noir

Wine Background
In our portfolio, Articulate is the top-tier counterpoint to the single vineyard wines. It is not produced in every vintage, but when the raw materials are available, a barrel-selected blend from excellent vineyards that are capable of expressing the beautiful, intriguing, and complex elements of Pinot Noir. The Articulate bottling is meant to show the highest expression of the vintage as well as the Willamette Valley as a whole. It is also an occasion as a winemaker for me to show my hand and craft an especially complete and complex Pinot Noir.

Wine Description
Each vintage, our Pinot Noir delivers quality, sustainability, and genuine value. We believe in crafting a distinctive wine that promotes the Willamette Valley's unique origins and embraces a classic expression of Pinot Noir.

Production Notes
Hand-harvested. Grapes were mostly de-stemmed (15% whole-cluster) followed by a 3-5-day soak before fermentation. Fermenters received a combination of pump overs and punch downs over 12-18 days. Gently pressed and settled before aging in a combination of 10% new French oak barrels and tanks for 16 months prior to blending and bottling.

Vineyard Sources
Sylvia's Vineyard: Eola-Amity Hills AVA; 8 acres; established 2005; 272-380'; N; Nekia soils
La Cantera Vineyard: Chehalem Mountains AVA; 28 acres; established 1986; 600-684'; S/SW; Laurelwood soil
La Collina Vineyard: Dundee Hills AVA; 132 acres; established 1999; 600'; S/SW; volcanic basalts
Carlton Hill Vineyard: Yamhill-Carlton AVA; 12 acres; established 1999; 420-480'; E; Hazelair; Peavine and Willakenzie soils
[Information provided by Merchant 23]