2019 Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard Royal Ann Block

This set of 2019s represents yet another stellar collection of graceful wines from Kelley Fox, who has been making some of the Willamette Valley’s most finely detailed, perfumed, unadorned and elegant Pinots for some time now. While she is deeply rooted in the Dundee Hills, especially the legendary Maresh vineyard, she’s beginning to branch out, and in this vintage, she produced her first wines (both outstanding) from the famed Carter and Canary Hill sites in the Eola-Amity Hills. Her work with fruit from McMinnville’s famed Hyland vineyard is extremely impressive as well. Word has gotten out and the wines have become increasingly more difficult to track down, so this is yet another winery where going directly to the source is a smart move. It’s a two-person operation, so the odds are high that you’ll be dealing with Kelley herself.