Notes from Beaux Frères:

"The Beaux Frères Vineyard is located on an 88-acre farm atop Ribbon Ridge near Newberg, Oregon. Tall and stately Douglas fir trees cover nearly 50 acres of the farm, with homestead and winery buildings occupying another 8 acres. The vineyard is situated on 30 acres (24 of which are planted) of steep, contiguous southeast, south and southwest facing hillsides of Willakenzie soils at elevations of around 400 feet.

Planting began in 1988 with tightly spaced Pinot Noir vines at a density of about 2200 plants to the acre. The oldest vines in the vineyard are now a seasoned 37 years of age, and the vineyard as a whole is a mixture of own-rooted Pommard and Wädenswil clones and younger Dijon clones on phylloxera-resistant rootstocks.

The Upper Terrace Vineyard, just north and a bit higher elevation from Beaux Frères Vineyard, was first planted in 2000. It is comprised of Dijon clones of Pinot Noir covering about 9 acres of the 40 acre site – the rest densely forested and lush with flora and fauna.

This pinot  bit darker, medium to dark ruby.  A darker, more brooding and fuller bodied wine, our original estate vineyard Pinot is approachable but ideally will benefit from several years of patience. Clearly one of out best vintages given the richness and purity of the spectrum of red, blue and black fruits on parade and virtually no oak showing despite being raised in 50% of the finest new French oak.

Drink between 2018 and 2030 + About is Bottling: This wine is made from the fruit grown on our original estate vineyard. The Beaux Frères Vineyard was planted by Mike & Jackie Etzel from 1987 - 1991 primarily to Pommard & Wädenswil clones on their own roots. This 24 acre vineyard started out with conventional farming techniques but in 2002 Mike started following the principals of biodynamics. An average vine age of about 25 years puts this vineyard in the prime of its life. This wine as always is 100% from our original estate vineyard.