2022 | Illahe Vineyards Pinot Noir "Bon Sauvage" | Oregon | USA White with the rest in once-used

with the rest in once-used barriques

elegant and complex

and they didn't include the white grapes in the vineyard

tight-knit and mineral

2022 | Illahe Vineyards Pinot Noir "Bon Sauvage" | Oregon | USA White with the rest in once-usedWillamette Pinot from a rising estate grown next to the vineyard behind Oregon's $100 cult bottlings. Illahe Vineyards farms an 80 acre south facing slope in the Willamette Valley, tucked behind the famed Freedom Hill vineyard the source for Ken Wright, Walter Scott and other benchmark Oregon Pinots. "Bon Sauvage" is their estate Pinot Noir, a pure, earthy expression of cool climate Willamette fruit at a fraction of its neighbors' prices. Willamette