Lange Estate Winery Pinot Noir Reserve – A Lovely Splurge

Truly excellent Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley, we review the splurgeworthy Lange Estate Winery Pinot Noir Reserve.

100% Pinot Noir (traditional and dijon clones) from a number of vineyards in the Willamette Valley of Oregon primarily the Freedom Hill and the Lange Estate vineyards but it also includes fruit from the Mistletoe, Durant, Yamhill, Hirschy and Madrona Hill vineyards. The wine is aged in a combination of new and neutral French oak barrels.

Sample submitted for review. This wine has an SRP of $45 (Saturday Splurge) and can be found for slightly less. 2,350 cases were produced.

From the bottle:

Our Reserve Pinot Noir is crafted from a meticulous selection of the finest and most complex barrels in our cellar. Approachable upon release, this classic pinot has the balance, structure, and finesses to age for another decade. In addition to our Estate-grown grapes, we source fruit from dedicated family farmers like us who live and work on their land. These grapes were hand-picked, sorted, and crafted into small-lot wines with commitment to quality and sustainability.

Produced & Bottled by Lange Winery
13.5% alcohol

The 2021 Lange Estate Winery Reserve Pinot Noir opens with very pleasing aromas of black cherry, touches of spice, violets, tobacco, tea and chocolate and a hint of blood orange. It’s a great start.

Taking a sip reveals an incredibly smooth, incredibly well balanced, and incredibly tasty medium-bodied wine. This is some excellent Pinot if you can stomach the price! It features similar flavors to the nose with juicy fruit and more blood orange in the mouth and is very fresh with just a touch of earthiness.

It ends dry, extremely long, juicy and mouthwatering on the lovely finish and was similar on day 2. This is definitely splurgeworthy!

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