Donor: Bryon Dooley
Value: $246
MinBidIncr: $5
Auction Closes 10:30pm ET 1/30/16
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A little bit more about this wine:
Cases Produced: 147 (but only 6 double magnums!)
Clones: Pommard, 115, 777, 828
Sub-AVAs: Yamhill-Carlton,Ribbon Ridge, Chehalem Mountains
Soils: Volcanic, Sedimentary
Harvest Dates: October 11 – October 18, 2012
Cooperage: French Oak (33% New)
33% Whole Cluster Fermented
Alcohol: 13.5%
pH: 3.561
TA: 5.892
This blend highlights the highly diverse characteristics from several of the distinct Pinot Noir vineyards we worked with in 2012, including fruit from the Ribbon Ridge (Armstrong Vineyard), Yamhill-Carlton (Luminous Hills) and Chehalem Mountains (Lia’s Vineyard) AVAs. Where our regular Willamette Valley Pinot is a broad expression of all our vineyards, and our single vineyard designates are deep focused expressions of single sites, the Special Reserve is about making the most complete, complex, layered, textured wine we can, drawing upon the very best material from the fine vineyards we source from.
I don’t have a bottle shot, but here’s the proof of the silkscreen for this large format bottle:
As a moderator…I order all of you to not bid this any higher!!
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$220 …shame I’m currently in Europe and made it until 1:40am …too tired to counter the next bid. ![[berserker.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/8/8600bbd4810d342b8fbd4ffb62b4f0026275fd37.gif "berserker"){kind=small}