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
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What Ray Isle is Pouring Now
“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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12 Vibrant White Wines from Oregon and Washington
Our 2019 Pinot Blanc made the Wine Spectator Tasting Highlights: “12 Vibrant White Wines from Oregon and Washington” and earned a 90 point rating from senior editor Tim Fish
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Wine For A Healthy Planet
“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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94 Points in Beverage Dynamics Magazine
“Fresh, juicy pear, melon and crisp apple leap from the glass before landing playfully on the palate. Lively and refreshing, with a touch of orange peel on the endless finish. Textbook example of Oregon pinot gris. A gorgeous wine that would be welcome at any backyard barbeque.”
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92 points & Expert’s Choice in Decanter
“Planted in 2007, this vineyard delivers exuberant fruit with depth and complexity. A proportion of whole clusters are used, and the wine is aged for 10 months in French casks, 20% new. The result delivers ripe mulberry and fig fruit with notes of smoke and well-integrated oak spice. The density is balanced by a crisp, refreshing acidity that leads to a persistent finish.”
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“Forget Champagne: 11 Superb New Sparkling Wines From Oregon”
“This delightfully complex bubbly from Elk Cove offers up earthy notes from lees contact, but light-hearted fruit and florals as well—strawberries swirling with wisteria. A spin of citrus on the palate leads into raspberry, then heads toward tart cranberry and rhubarb. A savory edge and underlying minerality slip in on the finish, buoyed by great, persistent bubbles.”
