Vincent Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, USA 2022

Vincent Wine Company is Willamette Valley winery making Oregon Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Gamay and even red wine from Pinot Gris. Owner/winemaker Vincent Fritzsche launched the winery in 2009 after years of apprenticing in wineries in Oregon and California. We’re all about low-input wine making, working with several sustainably-farmed vineyards around the Willamette Valley to produce small amounts of handmade wine without a lot of fuss.

"Darkly floral and nearly peppery, the 2022 Pinot Noir Temperance Hill wafts up with an enticing blend of crushed blackberries, sage and exotic spice complicated by hints of worn leather. This is elegant in feel, with silken textures and herbal-tinged wild berry fruits that swirl across a stream of zesty acidity. It leaves a sour cranberry crunchiness that lingers as fine-grained tannins frame the experience remarkably well. The 2022 is a blend of 20-year-old vines in the north block and pre-phylloxera vines in the flats within Temperance." Vinous 94