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#3 on VinePair's 50 Best Wines of 2023
VinePair: 96 Points
St. Innocent’s founder and winemaker, Mark Vlossak, considers the Shea Vineyard to be his estate’s equivalent of a grand cru site in Burgundy. Located in the Yamhill-Carlton District of Oregon’s Willamette Valley, the vineyard is split into two sites by a steep ravine. Both of the blocks used to make this wine come from the east side of the ravine, one on a long southeast-facing slope at 600 feet of elevation and the other on a southwest-facing vineyard that’s so steep it’s terraced. Vlossak says wines from this site consistently out-age all of their other Pinot Noir expressions, signifying the vineyard’s quality. The wine’s complexity is immediately evident with perfumed aromas of raspberries, cherries, and anise floating out of the glass. The palate offers bright acidity, well-integrated tannins, and layers of fruit and earth that unfold slowly over a lingering finish. This is an outstanding example of Oregon Pinot Noir, and one you can hold onto for at least a decade, though it’s hard to resist drinking it now.
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