Year’s Best Chardonnay – 91 Points
“A wine that starts out with a lean herbal scent, like mint and thyme combined, this takes on a caramelly weight with air. It’s substantial, in need of a meal, like roast chicken or duck. 91 points.”
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92 Points & Publisher’s Pick – The Tasting Panel Magazine
“Bright, with high-toned acidity. A light sprinkle of white pepper settles on dusted rose petals, a strawberry patch, and tobacco leaf. Earthy and spicy, with just the right balance of fruit tones to keep it fresh.”
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92 Points – James Suckling
Our 2018 Goodrich Chardonnay was awarded 92 points from James Suckling: “Ripe peaches, mangoes, golden apples, butterscotch and lime curd on the…
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92 Points – James Suckling
“Aromas of fresh earth and ripe, red cherries and plums here with some undergrowth and wild-herb notes. The palate has a smooth, juicy texture with layered, ripe red-cherry flavors…”
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92 Points – James Suckling
“A pretty nose of redcurrants, plums, sour cherries, dried herbs and stones. It’s medium-bodied with fine tannins and fresh acidity. Supple and velvety with spicy character. Succulent finish. Drink or hold.”
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93 Points – James Suckling
Aromas of cherries, plums, raspberries and vanilla bean with sweet spices. Medium-bodied with powdery tannins and lively acidity. Racy and textured. Long, flavorful finish. Drink or hold.
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91 Points – James Suckling
Our 2019 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir has “a ripe nose of raspberries, strawberries, dried flowers and sweet spices. It’s medium-bodied with plush tannins and lively acidity…”
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92 Points – Wine Enthusiast
92 Points and Editors Choice
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90 Points – Wine Enthusiast
“This cool climate wine is tart and pungent and has a touch of the flavor of Sauvignon Blanc, with that same piercing green pepper note. Not that it isn’t sufficiently ripe; it is, and also brings crisp apple and green melon fruit along with some lip-smacking acidity.” – Paul Gregutt
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94 Points in Tasting Panel Magazine
Our 2019 Mount Richmond Pinot Noir has a “generous stream of red and blue fruit melds with mocha, fig preserves, and nutmeg for an elegantly appointed mouthfeel.”
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Slow Wine Guide: Mount Richmond
Elk Cove 2018 Mount Richmond Pinot Noir “brings aromas of ripe cherry, plum, hints of pepper and earthiness, tasting of luscious dark cherry, blackberry, baking spice, ripe figs, with earthiness and silky tannins.”
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Slow Wine Guide: Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
Elk Cove 2018 Willamette Valley Estate Pinot Noir is described as “smooth, with aromas of ripe red and dark fruit, spice and hint of vanilla, and flavors of ripe black cherry and raspberry with a lingering finish.”
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Slow Wine Guide: Pinot Gris a TOP WINE
“The whole cluster press of this wine results in bright fruit aromas and flavors of pear, apricot, peach, minerality, and bright acidity in this almost dry wine.”
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Oregon’s Other Pinot
“Elk Cove, under the winemaking direction of Adam Campbell, has become one of Oregon’s premier wineries, making sublime single-vineyard Pinot Noirs and also this peachy, crisp Pinot Gris. It’s a perfect, sustainably-made summer white.”
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Featured in The Buyer
“It’s a tight-knit community, one that is comfortable sharing, collaborating, and learning together. Many are neighbors. This easy congeniality informed the tastings, which better resembled jazz musicians riffing than winemakers talking.” – L.M. Archer
