Oregon Wine between $25 and $50

One of Pinot Noir's most successful New World outposts, the Willamette Valley is the largest and most important AVA in Oregon. 2021 is considered the vintage of the century for the top Willamette Valley wineries, like Archery... Read More

2021 was another warm year with full ripeness in the fruit which allowed for the fruit notes in the wine to be a blend of black fruit (boysenberry, black cherry, blueberry and cassis) and red fruit (cherry, cranberry and raspberry).... Read More

The Pinot Noir Estate is always the best place to start when evaluating our success or shortcoming in any given vintage. It incorporates nearly all their estate vineyard in various amounts, and as such provides an honest evaluation... Read More

It's last call on the 2019 vintage of Colene Clemens Margo, one of the most impressive Oregon Pinot Noir's we've found this year for under $40 a bottle. Since 2005, Colene Clemens has been one of the top wineries,... Read More

The 2021 vintage may come to be defined by the near storybook ending to the growing season that allowed the vines to preserve fresh fruit characters in concentrated clusters and achieve greater balance in the wines in one of the... Read More

Complex and expressive on the nose, there are aromas of flower petals, candied dark cherry and plum, interwoven with savory notes, sandalwood and a touch of oak. The first taste presents dark fruit flavors and cherry, with pink... Read More

A joint project from famed German producer Ernst Dr. Loosen and acclaimed Oregon winemaker Jay Somers, they purchased a beautiful 40-acre property on Chehalem Mountain in 2010. Even though Dr. Loosen has been making Pinot Noir... Read More

Savory notes of oak are complemented by initial notes of Sweet Cherry, raspberry, and Roasted Plum, which give way to Rusti tannins that provide the wine with a supple texture.

Aged for 10 months in 10% new French oak barrels and coming from 100% Pommard clone, this Purple Hands Dundee Hills Reserve starts a bit reductive on the nose but moves to notes of spiced red plum, red currant, tangerine zest,... Read More

Precise and elegantly structured, with detailed raspberry, savory tea and crushed stone accents that gather richness and tension toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2031. The Wine Spectator, 94 Points... Read More