The whole story of the evolution of Seven Springs Vineyard over the last four decades has been a varied and interesting one reaching back to the ‘formative years’ of Oregon Pinot Noir. But under the winemaking team of Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr, it may be that the best times are still ahead for Evening Land. Certainly the wines under the primary label continue to get critical acclaim, and they are at the forefront of the \u2018hey we make pretty darn good Chardonnay in Oregon these days\u2019 movement as well. Certainly their credentials are in order. But this time around we are talking about a relatively new offering that provides a classic demonstration of why we pay a lot of attention to the \u2018small\u2019 wines from important producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Salem Wine Company Pinot Noir Eola-Amity 2017 is a more\nattractively priced version of what these guys do regularly, produce Pinot\nNoirs that are pure, fruit driven, unfettered and expressive. The \u2018Eola-Amity\u2019 comes from three vineyards\nthat are dry-farmed, sustainable and bio-dynamic…Eola Springs, Rocky Hill and\nthe \u2018home turf\u2019 itself, Seven Springs Vineyard. \nThe soils are all volcanic. The\ngrapes are destemmed, fermented only with the indigenous yeasts, and the juice\nsees an 18-month sojourn in neutral oak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This doesn\u2019t come off as a \u2018junior\u2019 version but rather a\nmore direct expression of the pure, intense, spicy dark red fruit character that\nmakes this vineyard a special place. \nThere plenty of fruit intensity, nice lift to the finish, and engaging\ncherry and dark berry flavors as the central theme. This isn\u2019t geared as a Cabernet substitute,\nbut rather a well proportioned Pinot made by guys who love Pinot and its\nBurgundian manifestations, for people of like minds. In that respect it succeeds admirably, attractive\nright out of the gate and pretty accessible price-wise at $22.98. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you need critical acclaim, we couldn\u2019t find any. This stuff is pretty new to the market (starting with the 2014) and will likely never get a huge score because it will usually be tasted by the press alongside the bigger, fussier, more famous bottlings that come from here. If, however, you are looking for an expressive, user friendly, purposeful expression of Pinot Noir, the Salem Wine Company Pinot Noir Eola-Amity 2017<\/a><\/strong> will do quite nicely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The whole story of the evolution of Seven Springs Vineyard over the last four decades has been a varied and interesting one reaching back to the ‘formative years’ of Oregon Pinot Noir. But under the winemaking team of Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr, it may be that the best times are still ahead for Evening … Continue reading “EVENING LAND’S SALEM WINE CO PINOT NOIR EOLA-AMITY 2017”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[534,535,287,97,536],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3267,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions\/3267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}