Elk Cove Vineyards Roosevelt Pinot Noir Yamhill-Carlton 2019 Magnum
Elk Cove Vineyards
Roosevelt Pinot Noir 2019 Magnum
Yamhill-Carlton AVA Willamette Valley Oregon
Roosevelt Vineyard was planted in 1993 and has quickly become Elk Cove's most prized vineyard site. A four acre high density (2100 vines per acre) planting located just south of the vineyard on Willakenzie land, Roosevelt's south facing hillsides to a steep precipice overlooking the magnificent Williams Canyon. Roosevelt undergoes extensive pruning and cluster thinning to limit yield and maximizes ripening to concentrate the fruit and is managed using fully organic practices. All of these elements combine to consistently produce one of Oregon's finest Pinot Noirs.
With 45 years, Elk Cove has often said there isn't a harvest they haven't seen, but 2019 was one of the exceptions. With a healthy and early fruit set and a nice warm up in May, the summer ended cool with no threat of sunburn, or haze, or a smoky sky like Elk Cove has experienced in the past. Elk Cove thought they would pick the grapes early in September, but with a few weeks of very cool weather they were surprised and instead of rushing and getting the grapes picked early, patience became a virtue and Elk Cove waited for the concentration and sugar levels in the grapes were to rise, they became convinced that their vineyard practices would protect the fruit.
According to winemaker/owner Adam Campbell "You choose your moments. If you are 100% estate grown and you have impeccable timing - you can grow amazing fruit in any year. It took months of preparation in the vineyard, and some very long days during the crush, but we had a great crew in 2019 and managed to get the sugar levels right where we want them.” Our target is a minimum of 100 days from flowering to harvest; 2019 saw times as long as 125 days in some blocks.
This magnum contains 1.5 liters.