Walter Scott - Pinot Noir Sojeau Vineyard 2022 (750ml)
Price: $80.00
| Producer | Walter Scott |
| Country | USA |
| Region | Oregon |
| Subregion | Willamette Valley |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 8102 |
| Size | 750ml |
Decanter: 95 Points
Delicate and intense all at once, the Sojeau Vineyard Pinot Noir is a wine that displays the elegant oomph that Oregon-grown Pinot Noir can achieve. A rocky slope in the southern end of the Eola-Amity Hills, Sojeau has been certified organic for nearly 15 years. Concentrated aromatics of crushed pomegranate, turned earth and chipped flint spill forth from the glass. The palate offers layers of berry fruits, tart raspberry teases out blood orange notes and mingles with mint and white tea leaves. Delightful. (Drink between 2024-2039)
dJeb Dunnuck: 95 Points
The 2022 Pinot Noir Sojeau Vineyard pours a jeweled ruby red color and has a lustrous profile on the nose with candied cherries wild herbs rosemary licorice and cedar spices. It brings a great deal of electric intensity to the palate with sally minerals mouthwatering fresh acidity ripe tannins and a long clean finish with a hint of umami richness. It?s going to benefit from another year in the cellar and will drink its best 2026-2046. 450 cases were produced.
dVinous: 94 Points
The 2022 Pinot Noir Sojeau Vineyard is savory on the nose with an array of crushed stone spiced orange and dried black cherries. This floods the palate with silky textures and ripe red and blue fruits gaining tension through a saturation of minerality that comes forward toward the close. A coating of fine-grained tannins lingers along with a tart berry concentration as the 2022 finishes structured and incredibly long. This is harmonious to the core but patience will be required. - By Eric Guido on May 2024 Ken Pahlow and Erica Landon of Walter Scott will do whatever it takes to deliver the highest-quality wine and the best representation of any given vintage. Their 2022s are wildly successful despite the year's many challenges. Pahlow went into great detail to explain what he believed to be the best way to deal with mildew issues from the cool and rainy spring burned buds from the frost an abundant crop due to the hot summer and finally the dry and hot conditions leading up to harvest. While many growers and winemakers were happy with the large crop set that resulted from the later flowering and secondary buds at Walter Scott the goal was to treat the vines like any other vintage. Therefore the team decided to remove the extra shoots and secondary buds and employ a single-cluster-per-shoot methodology. Even with this standard the quantity of fruit remained unexpectedly high? around 2.6 metric tons per acre. As a result the 2022s maintain the depth and complexity fans love and while the wines may have a slightly more immediate feel they are age-worthy. Alcohol levels are all in check. Though the 2022s did see a little more new wood (only because Pahlow ord
