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On this podcast, Adam covers first generation Willamette Valley pioneers, our new and existing plantings, Elk Cove geology, bonsai viticulture, the international perception of Oregon Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley enotourism and more.
Go behind the scenes and explore the Elk Cove grounds – wine glasses in hand! You’ll join a member of our hospitality team on an unforgettable two-hour tasting and tour across Elk Cove’s Winery Estate. Guests will stroll among some of the oldest vines in the Willamette Valley, take in sweeping vistas, and gain a peek into the cellar – all while sampling five limited-production wines from the Elk Cove estate.
“The 2021 Pinot Noir, made with about 15% whole clusters, has a medium ruby-purple color and pure scents of cranberries, baked rhubarb and allspice with wafts of forest floor, charcuterie and orange zest. The palate is light on its feet with generous, floral fruit, refreshing acidity and a soft, approachable frame, and it has a satisfying, spicy finish.” -Erin Brooks
“The 2019 Pinot Noir Five Mountain has a pale ruby-purple color and pretty scents of cranberry, blueberry, blood orange and earth. The palate is soft and juicy with generous, spicy fruit and a long, fragrant finish.” -Erin Brooks
“The 2019 Pinot Noir Roosevelt comes from vines planted in 1993. It has a medium ruby-purple color and alluring scents of red cherries, blueberries, charcuterie, aniseed and iron. Light-bodied, silky and concentrated, it has very fragrant fruits, silky tannins and juicy acidity that calls you in for another sip on the long, allspice-laced finish.” -Erin Brooks
“Pale ruby-purple, the 2019 Pinot Noir Mount Richmond has alluring scents of wild berries, forest floor, cinnamon and lavender. The medium-bodied palate is soft with generous fruit and flourishes of spice and floral perfume, and it has a long, juicy finish.” -Erin Brooks
“The 2019 Pinot Noir Reserve is a barrel selection and contains fruit from all six of Elk Cove’s vineyards this year. It has a medium ruby-purple color and layered aromas of raspberries, red cherries, lavender, tea leaves and aniseed. The palate is silky and perfumed, offering alluring streaks of allspice and a very long finish. Give it another 2-3 years in bottle.” -Erin Brooks
“The 2019 Riesling Estate is exotic and spicy from its 15% botrytis inclusion, offering scents of pineapple, guava, honeycomb, petrol and marmalade. The light-bodied palate has concentrated, gently honeyed fruits. Its eight to nine grams of residual sugar are balanced by focused acidity, and fireworks of spicy accents fan across the long, textural finish.” -Erin Brooks
“The 2019 Chardonnay Goodrich, from vines planted in the early 2000s, offers layered aromas of yellow apple, meringue, hazelnut, toast and honeysuckle. The medium-bodied palate is creamy and expansive, its breadth balanced by gently tangy acidity, and it boasts a long, flavorful finish. This is so pretty!” -Erin Brooks
“This wine is beautifully balanced with velvety tannins and the silkiest texture this side of sateen bed sheets and spider webs. A strawberry lemonade aroma makes a nice one-two-three pinch with blackberries and talc. Dark cherry and dark chocolate flavors are flanked by rosemary and a meaty note similar to grilled steaks.”
“Blackberries, fresh-cut grass and orange peel aromas are joined by a full-on earthy, rocky post-rain petrichor/geosmin experience. Rain and fruit—talk about quintessentially Oregon. The wine’s fuller-bodied flavors include black cherries, basil and grilled beets. Crisp texture, with tangy acidity and firm tannins. Editors’ Choice.”
“a juicy mash-up of ripe summer berries that makes me think of summer pudding, but it comes with wonderfully fragrant black-pepper fragrance and cardamom spice, a little mycorrhizal-mushroom under-earth earthiness. The sweetness of dark cherries swirls through the mid palate, picking up the furl of driftwood texture, and then slides into a silky finish.”
“This is a wine built for ageing… Rich and redolent aromatics, dusty blackberry, a hint of dried herbs and sweet notes of strawberry coulis. The palate is ripe, balanced and amply structured. Concentrated flavours of sappy blackberry, blueberry and fig are woven in a core of dark fruits. The wine’s body is generous, with mouth-coating dark fruit, yet peeks of minerality, clove and fresh mint offer symmetry to the abundance of fruit…”
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Elk Cove Vineyards owner and winemaker Adam Campbell joined AM Extra to talk about changes during the pandemic, how the growing season has been, some of their popular wines and how people can visit.