Sokol Blosser Pinot Noir Orchard Block 2022

A quintessential Dundee Hills Pinot Noir, Orchard Block has aromas of fresh blueberries and bright cherries. The tannins are delicate with notes of bright cherry preserves and red currants.

What started as a dry winter turned into a deluge of rain in the springtime. We had the wettest and coldest April/May/June in recorded (130 years) history. Freezing temperatures on the morning of April 14th and 15th knocked back the fragile new growth and we thought our crop yields would be down by 50-60%. In over 51 years of growing grapes here in the Dundee Hills we have never seen a freezing event during the growing season, so we had no idea what was going to happen. The primary buds froze and died, but the secondary buds came on, produced fewer but larger clusters, and the vines made a miraculous comeback. We had the 2nd warmest and driest summer on record, and then we got to October. Everything depended on good ripening conditions in the month of October since bloom was much later. Fortunately we got the warmest October in Oregon history, we were able to let the grapes hang, and the rains stayed put until all our Estate fruit was in on Thursday, October 27th. The fruit got nice and ripe, and we are thrilled with the wine produced from this vintage!

When Sokol Blosser planted their first vines in 1971, there was no wine industry in Oregon. Today, with over 1,100 wineries and 44,487 acres of vineyards, Oregon wines are available throughout the world.  Sokol Blosser is a family-owned and run operation that has been a leader in environmentally friendly viticulture and business practices since the birth of the modern Oregon wine industry.  Sokol Blosser strives to craft wines of world class quality that are produced sustainably, mindful of the environment and your health, and that express the distinctive flavors of their hillside vineyards.  This dedication to world class quality and commitment to the environment constitute Sokol Blossers core values, and are reflected in everything they do from green viticultural practices to recycling all office waste to using unbleached paper for their labels.  Sokol Blosser received the prestigious full USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) organic certification in 2005.