Nicolas Jay Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA 2022

Nicolas-Jay Estate is the story of a three-decade friendship between Burgundian winemaker Jean-Nicolas Méo and music entrepreneur Jay Boberg.

Jean-Nicolas was the architect and innovator behind the rise of Domaine Méo-Camuzet as one of the most sought-after and collectible producers in the last 30 years. Wines of exquisite texture, persistence and density that also precisely represent the landscape and terroir in which they come from. With this natural understanding of viticulture and wine, combined with the mastery of prestigious terroirs left by his family and developed by himself, Méo-Camuzet rests amongst an elite few in benchmark level wines and the lofty status the Domaine enjoys in Burgundy today.

Jay Boberg would bring more than his share of innovation and inspiration to the table as the two set forth in the early 2010’s on this quest to produce top-quality Willamette Valley wine together. Jay’s visionary approach for his own craft, signing and producing iconic bands, would bring an eye and approach to the partnership unlike few other duos in the wine industry. The Co-founder of the seminal indie label IRS Records in the early 1980’s to President of MCA/Universal records, would find him fostering and launching bands such as R.E.M, The Go-Go’s, Blink-182, Mary J. Blige, Sublime, The Roots and B.B. King.

This blend is almost equally divided between the regions of Eola-Amity, Dundee Hills and Yamhill-Carlton and shows a deeper hue and color saturation than prior vintages. Its been impressive to watch the winemaking team assemble this cuvee into an allegorical representation of each vintages subtle differences while also delivering the typicity of pure Willamette Valley aroma and texture.