2022 Pinot Noir, Adelsheim Vineyard

David Adelsheim was making serious Pinot Noir in Oregon before there was a consensus that Oregon could make serious Pinot Noir, and this bottle is the result of five decades of that conviction. The 2022 vintage gives bright red fruit and a savory, earthy undertone, structured enough to age but approachable now. Buying this wine is buying into the person who helped write the rules the rest of the Willamette Valley now follows.