Closed — THANK You!!! Sun Break — Willamette Valley Pinot Noir & Vermouth — 10-50% Discounts + BD13 Raffle

Br1an_Th0rne · January 27, 2022, 9:56pm

In for a mixed case of 2019 Pinot Noir! My wife absolutely loved the 6-pack of Marie-Paule that I bought for her on BD12, and I might have even liked it more than she did. Great stuff!

David_Patte · January 27, 2022, 11:00pm

Hi
Never had these wines before but love Oregon Pinot

Does anyone have comments or comparisons?

One of the really interesting/fun things about the Sun Break wines is that you can try wines from the same vineyard, same vintage, and same winemaker, but with a different wine making process. (100% destemmed (the Collette), 100% whole cluster (Ariane), a a mix of the two (Marie Paule).) It is a fascinating, and quite tasty exercise.

I would definitely recommend getting a couple of bottles of each to try side by side.

This is so true. One of the things I love about David is that he found a killer vineyard that spoke to him (Cortell-Rose sits opposite Brooks’ estate vineyard and is owned/farmed by Jessica Cortell, who’s one of the most in-demand vineyard managers in the valley) and then set out to figure out how to express it in different ways. All of the wines are really good, and as a set they’re a study on how terroir shines through and also how much winemakers can change its presentation.

Thanks Saul! This is the luck needed in wine making: getting an allocation (and being able to grow it) in a great vineyard! There are some big time names buying from the vineyard, Tony Rynders, Erin J from Failla, Brooks….

David_Patte · January 27, 2022, 11:55pm

Thanks Brian, that’s so nice to hear!

Siun_O_Connell · January 28, 2022, 2:29am

Hey David … I’m going to add a 3 pack Pinot to my Vermouth order - just mentioning so you can ship together…

And with that, I am definitely done with my purchases!

(PS - Vinoshipper showed my vermouth order still - just want to make sure I did not mess up the form - you know where to find me if I need to adjust.)

David_Patte · January 28, 2022, 2:50am

Sounds great. Thanks. Let’s consolidate the orders before we ship! After the dust settles… maybe sometime this weekend.

David_Patte · January 28, 2022, 4:12am

And the winner is…… Diana! Congrats! I’ll be in touch

Diana_E · January 28, 2022, 6:26am

So thrilled! Thanks, David. Promise to do a tasting note on the white Pinot, looking forward to it.

MChang · February 26, 2022, 3:05am

I made a Manhattan with the vermouth, delicious!

David_Patte · March 12, 2022, 9:55pm

Thanks, Michael! I’m working on a red vermouth right now— tweaking the recipe a bit as a go. It’s interesting that the test batches taste different than the production batch (as we scale up to 1000L tanks). Small overall feel and impression, but different. I’m happy with it because the test batch seemed a little too pepper/hot with whiskey and the production batch is great.

Paul_Miller · March 18, 2022, 11:01pm

Vermouth landed. Makes a delicious Negroni.

David_Patte · March 22, 2022, 2:51am

Cool! Thanks for the feedback and the pic, Paul!

**Closed — THANK You!!!** Sun Break — Willamette Valley Pinot Noir & Vermouth — 10-50% Discounts + BD13 Raffle

Closed — THANK You!!! Sun Break — Willamette Valley Pinot Noir & Vermouth — 10-50% Discounts + BD13 Raffle