Greetings from Oregon, Berserkers! I’m happy to say this is our fifth year participating in Berserker Day. I know several of you from in-person visits to the winery, and I hope to meet the rest of you under the incense cedars here in Gaston soon. Most of you know Dustin; this is my first year taking over KF wines from him after he and the fam relocated back to Evergreen, Colorado. He’s a great friend and I miss having him around the Valley.
OK, let’s get to this year’s packages. Being our fifth year as Berserkers, Kelley wanted to offer some special packages focusing on deep vintage verticals. It’s a cliché in the wine world to say you’ve “pulled wines from the cellar,” and I’ve often turned a suspicious eye to wines billed as “library offerings” which are in fact languishing vintages in need of offloading. I can assure you the wines chosen for these packages are in extremely short supply. I have fewer than 2-3 cases of each of these bottles in the winery’s personal library. I do not offer these wines for sale on the website or at tastings. They are rare, even to us. Each library package this year has a quantity of twelve, unless otherwise noted. For these limited library packages, please remember that we offer $20 flat rate shipping, on a case of wine, and club members will receive their typical club discounts on library bundles.
I also have some very steep discounts available, for those looking to pad out the cellar or get a few more bottles of two of the most characterful 2021’s – dramatic savings on Carter and Weber Vineyards. Lastly, and absolutely not to be forgotten, please take note of the first vines planted by Loie and Jim Maresh in the 2021 Maresh Vineyard Riesling, an absolute ghost of a wine that few KF fans have even tried. The one and only Riesling Kelley has produced, also at 30% off for Berserkers. Since the discounted bundles are already so deep, club member discounts do not apply on these packages. I hope you understand!
Please monitor this thread throughout the day if you are interested, as I will most likely update it and populate new/updated packages. I invite you all to contact me regarding your orders, other orders, or visiting me here in Oregon. I’d love to host you and pop some bottles. Lastly, as the country is still quite cold, I’ll be holding these orders at the winery for shipping until weather conditions improve along to the route to your destination. Most of these wines are irreplaceable!
Cheers from Oregon,
Jonathan Ziemba
971-341-1569
DEEP DISCOUNTS (UPDATED 11:45AM)
3 Pack of 2021 Weber Vineyard Pinor Noir - $180
The 2021 Vintage Pinot Noirs are typically $90/bottle, so this is a real deal. The 2021 Weber, if you haven’t had it recently, is gorgeous, and still developing in the bottle. Jump on it if you love this old-vine Dundee site. 95 POINTS - VINOUS (Eric Guido, Jan '24)
3 Pack of 2021 Carter Vineyard Pinot Noir - $180
Once again, marked down from $90/bottle – a great opportunity to purchase this Eola-Amity Hills bottling. This wine is ripping with a huge amount of life ahead of it.
3 Pack of 2021 Maresh Vineyard Old Vine White Riesling - $120
Technically the first vines put in the ground by Loie and Jim Sr. in 1970 – before the Pinot Noir. Seriously old-vine Riesling, and a wine that rarely makes an appearance here at the winery. Heads up I have only 13 cases of this, so at a 30%+ discount it might disappear.
NEW! 3 Pack of 2019 Hyland Coury Clone Pinot Noir - $120
Keeping it going here with 30% off on a bundle of three single vineyard Pinot Noirs. Not a ton of the 2019 Hyland remains and I get calls about it all the time. Jump on this!
NEW! 3 Pack of 2019 Maresh Vineyard Royal Ann Block Pinot Noir - $150 (2.5 CASES LEFT)
I love the 2019 Royal Ann. This is a special wine that is a joy to drink and so ethereal. Similar to the Hyland, we have a small amount left - I’m offering it here at 30% off. Cheers!
Please take a look at our store for more wines! You’ll find some recently updated magnum offerings there, as well as the rest of our 750s available for purchase.
LIBRARY PACKAGES (UPDATED 11:45AM)
12 Bottle Mirabai Vertical (’10-’22) - $460 Every vintage of Mirabai save for the ’09 (don’t have enough!) bundled together for this incredible vertical. Remember: this is Maresh fruit (with some Momtazi, or Weber, depending on the vintage) and these wines can age, despite what the price point might suggest. Please limit one per customer.
4 Bottle Maresh Red Barn Blocks Bundle (’15-’18) - $400
The famous 70’s plantings in front of the eponymous Red Barn – blocks Kelley has known intimately, and which we miss pouring here at the winery. We haven’t produced this wine since 2018, so these wines are rare. A great four-vintage look at this beautiful wine. Please limit one per customer.
Ahurani Vertical (’15-’16) - $80
A sexy little two bottle vertical from the “Mirabai” of Momtazi vineyard. Basically, starting in 2015, the Momtazi fruit didn’t find its way into the Mirabai bottling, and Kelley produced this additional bottle to showcase the softer side (to the extent one exists…) of this famous biodynamic McMinnville AVA site. Unless you’ve been with us for a while, you might not have even heard of this wine! Please limit one per customer.
12 Bottle Maresh Vineyard Vertical (’07-’18) - $1200 THREE LEFT (11:41am)
Starting with Kelley’s inaugural vintage – 2007 – we’re providing one bottle of each vintage of the Maresh Vineyard bottling (currently known as Maresh Liminal). You likely know this wine, have had it, but perhaps not enjoyed such old vintages. I don’t think Kelley has ever offered a vertical quite like this. Please limit one per customer.
5 Bottle Barbie Vertical (’17-’22) - $200 TWO LEFT (11:41am)
Kelley began producing the Barbie Pinot Blanc in 2017, so this is, once again, a complete retrospective of every bottling she has produced. A beautiful vertical as you can see multiple of her mother’s paintings used as labels through the years. I’d love to see how this wine matures. Please limit one per customer. 12 AVAILABLE!
6 Bottle Momtazi Vertical (’12-’17) - SOLD OUT
I know Dustin offered a smidge of this last year, and I wanted to reprise this vertical bundle for those of you who didn’t get it. I’ve also lifted our library pricing on this package to honor the price we’ve given it to Berserkers in the past. Simply put – 6 bottle vertical of Kelley’s Momtazi bottlings. Please limit one per customer. SOLD OUT
6 Bottle Star of Bethlehem Flower Block Vertical (’15-’21) - SOLD OUT
Many of you know we stopped producing the Star and Royal Ann Blocks in 2021. We’ve packaged one bottle of each of the vintages Kelley has made in this vertical, from 2015 through to 2021. A six-bottle vertical of what is probably the most in-demand wine at the winery. We’ve sold out of the 2021, so technically none of the vintages are for sale anymore outside of this package. Please limit one per customer. SOLD OUT
