Rex Hill Pinot Noir 2015 | Pumpkin Ravioli & Mushroom Risotto!
Rex Hill Pinot Noir 2015 is vibrant ruby in color. Aromatically open with freshly crushed blackberries, rhubarb, clove, strawberries, and sassafras. Also, juicy and fresh with supple tannins, a note of cocoa, spice, freshly picked berries, and a lively acidity. A super 2015 Pinot from Rex Hill Winery.
The Rex Hill Pinot Noir 2015 invites with vibrant notes of cherry, raspberry and marionberry mingling with toasty oak, cola, spice and vanilla notes and a dusty, earthy component. Also, the generous palate shows darker fruit flavors of black cherry, blackberry, boysenberry and black plum. Yet, the wine is fresh yet sophisticated, with smooth tannins, lovely acidity, and a lingering finish. While drinking well now, this is a Pinot Noir built for aging, with all components in decadent harmony, sure to grow more complex over the next 15 to 20 years
Under the Radar 2017 Extraordinary Winery Parker Award Winner
Black and white with rose gold outlines, the sight of a bottle of Rex Hill’s regal Willamette Pinot Noir is enough to turn heads. But one taste and you’ll understand why Rex Hill was given the 2017 Extraordinary Winery “Under the Radar” Award by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. In the pantheon of Oregon Pinot Noir, Rex Hill deserves an entire row in your cellar. The state’s greatest winemaker, Lynn Penner-Ash, worked her first job there.
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Today, winemaking is led by a team of three, including Sam Tannahill who worked alongside Ted Littorai at Littorai. This Rex Hill Pinot Noir 2015 offers a picture-perfect snapshot of the brilliant Oregon vintage. A cuvée of Willamette’s highly prized and carefully selected Pinot Noir from its six sub-AVAs yields a mouthwatering ripe red cherry and wild berry-infused showpiece. $35 at the winery. Just $29.99 for our under-$30 steal of the vintage and a shot at being the first among your friends to pour Parker’s “Under the Radar” stunner.
Rex Hill Winery
Rex Hill Winery — “one of Oregon’s most venerable wineries,” says Wine Spectator — was founded by Paul Hart and Jan Jacobsen. Beginning in1982, when the Willamette Valley was just beginning to be take off as a promising wine-growing region. While, over the years, the winery grew in renown. Hence, offering Lynn Penner-Ash — among Oregon’s greatest winemakers — her first job. She would stay for 18 years.
In 2006, when Hart and Jacobsen decided to retire, they sold the business to A to Z Wineworks. As a result, handing the reins over to a crackerjack winemaking team including Cheryl Francis, Michael Davies, and Sam Tannahill. Notably, Sam worked alongside Ted Littorai at Littorai.
While under their stewardship, Rex Hill has embraced biodynamic dry-farming and drastically cut production and yields. Now focusing on just a handful of handcrafted Burgundian wines. Thanks to their efforts, Rex Hill won the inaugural Wine Advocate Extraordinary Winery ‘Under the Radar’ Award in 2017. As a result, recognized as being “poised to become the next-great-thing” in the U.S.