Description

Kate Arnold Wines Daffodil Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir

Daffodil Hill sits atop a picturesque site within the Eola-Amity Hills AVA of Oregon’s Willamette Valley, planted with the Dijon 667 clone across four acres on the mountain’s Dijon 114 block. The vineyard’s Jory soil gives the wine a luscious, juicy mid-palate with an abundance of purple floral character and ripe black cherry flavor, richer and weightier here than in other Eola-Amity Hills sites, while the acidity stays beautifully balanced throughout. The 2021 growing season brought extreme late-summer heat that pushed harvest earlier and shrank berry size, concentrating color and flavor while the acidity held its balance, a vintage defined by resilience and built for aging.

AVA: Eola-Amity Hills
Varietal content: 100% Pinot Noir
Soil: Jory
Elevation: 300 to 500 ft
Regimen: French neutral oak barrels
pH: 3.8
TA: 4.9 g/L
Residual sugar: Fermented dry
Cases produced: 49
Food pairing: Classic gougeres; roasted pork loin with herbes de Provence

Kate Arnold Wines Daffodil Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir Notes to Your Senses

• APPEARANCE: Deep garnet
• AROMA: Cherry, black plum, river rock, orange bitters, petrichor, licorice, blood orange
• TASTE: Blackberry, crushed gravel, rhubarb, pomegranate, whole clove
• FINISH: Balanced acidity and soft tannins, with lovely, lingering aromatics
• ABV: 14.7%