Notes from Patricia Green Cellars:

"Patty Green and Jim Anderson started Patricia Green Cellars in 2000 after walking away from a very successful winery that they had built up since its inception in 1993. As karma would have it they were offered the opportunity, out of almost nowhere, to purchase a winery and vineyard that were located in the area that would become to be known as the Ribbon Ridge AVA. The winery was built on the idea that there were great vineyards in Oregon that could produce uniquely excellent wines if people dedicated themselves to the farming and winemaking necessary to do so. Over many vintages that ideal expanded as experience was gained, the winery grew and the sophistication of the vision adapted to the times.

In some ways this site is even more of a flagship vineyard for us than our Estate Vineyard. This seems counter-intuitive, however, this vineyard located about three quarters of the way up Breyman Orchard Rd in the southern part of the Dundee Hills, has been maintained by Patty and Jim dating back to their work at a previous winery. Since 1997 we have managed this site and 100% of the fruit from this 7.25 acre vineyard has come to Patricia Green Cellars.

The vineyard is completely contiguous yet is divided into five different sections. While all five sections planted in 1990 are of the Pommard Clone and are always picked on the same day, one particular section separates itself stylistically from the other four and is thus bottled separately. Balcombe Vineyard Block 1B bottling comes entirely from the block at the lower southeast corner of the vineyard. The two bottlings share the Dundee Hills characteristics of sweetly red fruited mid-palate and sumptuous textures. The Block 1B bottling throttles things up slightly offering a darker range of fruit, more intensity across the palate and a distinctly greater tannic profile."