Penner-Ash Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2022 Rye

Penner-Ash Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2022 Rye#19 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2025 This wine reflects the regions distinct textures, flavors and terroir, with beautiful elegance and balance. Since the inaugural vintage in 1998, founding winemaker Lynn Penner Ash has drawn upon longstanding relationships with grower neighbors and friends, to source fruit from the most distinguished vineyards. The 2022 vintage explores six sub AVAs, culminating in a Pinot Noir emblematic of the Willamette Valley, and

dark plums

Capturing the bright

cheese quesadillas

located on the Vere Plains of Clarendon outside Kingston

easy drinking profile… a great starting point for drinkers who are new to Rye

and pleasantly but not overbearingly smoky

Profound with a hint of smoke

Here the tannins are more sandy

while most others steam theirs for 7 hours

Jim Beam Vanilla is a perfect balance of rich full bodied vanilla and subtle hints of oak

assertive yet not dominating

Deaths Door Gin is big enough to stand up to classic or vintage cocktail treatment