Anam Cara Cellars

Top 100 Wines 2011: San Francisco Chronicle (second consecutive year)

Top Three 2009 Oregon Pinot Noirs: San Francisco Chronicle Sheila and Nick Nicholas faithfully maintain the Oregon vision of small-scale charm with their estate near Newberg. This bottling, from all five estate blocks, offers a classic profile aged in mostly older oak that hints at a lighter style for the vintage. Minty, cool and shady, with camphor and bayberry, and a wonderful floral accent. Almost ethereal in its subtle red fruit, but still built to age.

Barrels:                        16%  New French Oak

Clones:                       37% Dijon clone 667; 17%  Pommard; 18%  Dijon clone 115; 13%  Dijon clone 114; 15%  Dijon clone 777;  

Cases produced:          627

Bottled in recycled Ecoglass: 25% less weight than our previous glass. US made.

Our flagship wine represents the entire vineyard with all five mature blocks of Pinot Noir included in the final blend.

This is a seamless, elegant wine, ideal with fish, ham and roast chicken. Plum, raspberries and dusty rose petals on the nose blend with pomegranate, tea and toasty spices on the palate. All framed by the vineyard’s signature minerality, silky texture and rich yet soft tannins.