Brick House Pinot Noir 2023 750ml

From our oldest vines, a wine whose name means “ the Cooper’s Cuvee.” It honors the winemaker’s father whose French family long ago took the name “Tonnelier” or cooper, after the craft by which they earned their livelihood. “Dad’s wine” is a tribute to a man as soft-spoken and generous as the Pinot Noir that honors him. We harvest the “Cuvee” from own rooted vines planted in the spring of 1990 on an east facing slope. The wine is a blend of the Pommard clone (UCD 4) that offers the size and earthy, fruit forward characteristics upon which the Oregon wine industry was built. Black cherry, plum, cinnamon and earthy, forest floor notes are the core of the “Cuvee” in most vintages. In contrast to the more reticent “Les Dijonnais,” the “Cuvee du Tonnelier” lends itself to earlier drinking. This wine is intended as an approachable but reserve level wine, suitable for cellaring for several years or drinking up after a year of bottle age.