I have two left. Haven’t drank one in four years and failed to make a note. Just recall I popped and poured and it needing some more time.
In a few weeks I’ll be visited by a friend who is ITB as an importer. Among the wines he imports are red and white Burgundy. I’d like to open a couple bottles of Goodfellow while he’s here to introduce him to the wines. So a few questions:
- How is the 2021 Richard’s Cuvée drinking right now?
- How’s the Heritage No. 5 drinking? Still too early?
- Here’s my current selection of Goodfellow PN. Which would you open for a guy that likes his Burgundy, but has never had Goodfellow?
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My experience with Goodfellow is still pretty new, but my suggestion would be… 2013 Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Noir Whistling Ridge Vineyard. I had one bottle of this that I opened up about 6 months ago and it was in a great spot.
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I agree on the 2013. The 2017 Berserker Cuvee is also starting to show nicely. The risk with the younger bottles is not that they are primary, but that they are shut down.
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Hi Charles,
For someone with a Burgundian palate, I would recommend:
2013 Whistling Ridge
2015 Whistling Ridge
2017 Whistling Ridge
2017 Berserker Cuvee
2022 Heritage No. 20, Temperance Hill
The three Whistling Ridge wines are all in good spots. The No. 20 is young but for anyone who sells Burgundy it’s qualities should be obvious and it is enjoyable.
The No. 5 is drinking well but shows the softness of the Dundee Hills and the weight of the vintage. It’s not where I would lean for a palate with European preferences.
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As Marcus knows, I’m a big fan of the 2013 Whistling Ridge. I opened a 2015 Whistling Ridge about a month ago, and it’s showing well in a somewhat more fruit driven vintage. My impression is that it’s just entering its drinking window and will stay there for years.
-Al
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Excellent! Thanks so much, Marcus.
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Well, not a Goodfellow, but still . . .
Young, of course, but really very nice and plenty generous on both the nose and palate. 
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Was Marcus the winemaker? What is the story?
He is listed as such on the Domaine Glennon website.
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Yes, Marcus was the winemaker. This might be the first 2019 I’ve had. I’ve had a few bottles of the 2018, also made by Marcus. One was a Shea Vineyard, the other a Durrant Vineyard. Some Chardonnay bottlings, also. All really quite good.
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I believe there’s a discussion up-thread, with Marcus providing a little insight/background. Or perhaps in the Oregon Chardonnay thread.
Nice tribute.
I picked up all of mine from The Wine Merchant (I believe just outside of St. Louis):
Just checked, and there are Bednark Vineyard and Shea Vineyard, 2019 PNs still available, along with the “basic” Willamette Valley 2018 PN available. They also still have some of the Durant Vineyard Chardonnay, 2018 available. When I opened one of those Durant Chards for my friends a year or so ago, it was a head-turner/all loved it.
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I just looked and didn’t see any 2018 Durant Chardonnay listed.
Every bottle of Goodfellow sparkling I open, I love more than the last — I agree with the previously mentioned cherry and apricot notes, but feel really enthralled by the delicious and lively texture…like flowers beds, honey, and salt. Delicious now, and so much life ahead of it.
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Here’s Otto’s report on a 2013 Goodfellow ‘Mystery’ Whistling Ridge that I took to Helsinki last year:
https://www.wineberserkers.com/t/tn-the-great-2024-wine-berserkers-meet-up-in-helsinki
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