2019 Pinot Noir Notorious

The range of Pinot Noirs made by Jim Anderson here is vast – probably the most extensive in the New World, at least that I know of. The quality of the 2019s is exceptional across the board, and this winery deserves serious praise for its fair pricing, which is often ridiculously low given what’s in the bottles. Anderson sources up and down the Willamette Valley from some of the region’s most acclaimed vineyards. Winemaking techniques here vary widely, depending on vintage and vineyard. Some wines are made entirely from de-stemmed fruit while others are done entirely with whole clusters, but most are made with a combination of the two. New oak is also used on a case-by-case basis, anywhere from none to around 50%, though mostly somewhere in between. I have been highly impressed by how the wines here age; examples from the early 2000s are cruising along just fine, with little sign of fatigue.