Academie Ostia Tempore Noir Honoris Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA 2025

Ostia Tempore’s Honoris 2025 is the serious side of this exciting Oregon project. A beautifully perfumed, structured Pinot Noir that sits comfortably between the approachable Ostia Tempore bottling and Académie’s collector-level wines. From 943-clone Pinot Noir and fermented with native yeast before aging in concrete, it delivers wild strawberry, red cherry, raspberry and violet layered with savory herbs, earth and spice. The palate is silky yet focused, with bright acidity, fine tannins and impressive depth and length. This has the pedigree, precision and restraint you expect from a project involving Thomas Savre, Dominique Lafon and the de Villaine family, but it remains unmistakably Willamette Valley. A seriously compelling new Oregon Pinot and one to buy before the word gets out.