2023 Brooks Winery Pinot Noir "Cahiers", Willamette Valley, OregonABOUT THE WINE The 2023 Cahiers is a blend of Pinot Noir sourced from several of Brooks' organically and biodynamically farmed vineyard sites across the Willamette Valley. True to vintage and place, it offers purity of fruitred cherry, cranberry, and rhubarbinterwoven with savory undertones of mushroom, dried herbs, and earth. Aged in neutral French oak, the wine maintains transparency and freshness, allowing its vineyard character to shine through.

is one of the most celebrated producers in the Jura region of France

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making it one of the warmest vintages in recent history

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mainly about how delicious some of these varietals are and why the hell aren’t we drinking more Macabeu and Carignan

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the family-run Ronchi di Chialla has made superb wines from indigenous grapes such as Refosco

and the domaine’s wines have since reached new heights

Their best sites and oldest wines are still harvested by hand while many of their neighbors have replaced their old vines so they could machine harvest

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