Academie La Grande Comete Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA 2024

Académie’s La Grande Comète 2024 is the flagship Pinot Noir from one of the most exciting new projects in the Willamette Valley and it is a serious wine. Deep, perfumed and beautifully layered, it delivers ripe red and black cherry, wild strawberry, raspberry and violet, followed by savory herbs, forest floor, spice and subtle earth. The palate has impressive depth and concentration, but the wine remains lifted by bright acidity and refined, silky tannins. With Thomas Savre at the helm and extraordinary Burgundy pedigree behind the project, this is Oregon Pinot Noir made with a collector’s mindset. La Grande Comète is the bottle to buy if you want to see where the very best of the new Willamette Valley is headed. The 2024 is a barrel selection and is clearly positioned at the top of the Académie Pinot Noir range. It a deep and luscious wine.