Certified Organic & Biodynamic!
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Winemaker Tasting Notes | A medium-dark color shows good density and concentration for this 2023 Momtazi Vineyard Pinot Noir. The nose is elegant and fruitful with pomegranate juice, guava and dusty spices. There's an old-world determination to this wine on the palate with gracefulness and elegance but you can sense the character of extremely high-quality fruit sourcing as the wines backbone tightens and grips your palate. There's touches of white pepper and smokiness with blood orange liqueur spice that persist as the wine elongates further. Then a beam of chalky-citrus minerality dismounts, as if to announce that patience in the cellar is requirement before proceeding. A very popular wine for its majesty, do not hesitate to procure a bottle for your cellar before it sells out.
 
Nicolas-Jay Estate is a leading producer of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the Willamette Valley region of Oregon. The venture is the result of a three-decade friendship between music entrepreneur Jay Boberg and renowned Burgundian winemaker Jean-Nicolas Méo, of Domaine Méo-Camuzet in Vosne-Romanee. It is also the story of their desire to build something lasting together, while creating a distinctive expression of great Willamette Valley Pinot noir. At Nicolas-Jay, this is achieved by applying viticultural and winemaking experience gained from working with the Grands Crus of Burgundy and the finest grapes from Oregon.
Vineyards and winery
The winery is located in a picturesque ampitheatre on the north side of the Dundee Hills. The 53-acre (21.4-hectare) property is a former longhorn cattle ranch and Christmas Tree farm dating back to the 1940s.
The estate vineyard plots here feature dramatic changes in elevation and an array of microclimates suitable for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The site is cooler than those found on the south side of the hills.
The Bishop Creek Estate Vineyard is located in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. It has 13.5 planted acres (5.5ha), 11 of which are planted to four different clones of Pinot Noir. Most vines were planted in 1988 and 1990 and are ungrafted (own their own roots). Altitude varies from 270 to 600ft (82 to 183m). Rows maily run north-south.
Viticulture and winemaking
All fruit come from vineyards which are organic, biodynamic and/or LIVE certified for sustainability, and is harvested and sorted by hand. Fermentations are spontaneous with ambient native yeasts, and all wines are vinified and bottled at the estate, unfined and unfiltered.
Wine portfolio
Bishop Creek, Momtazi and Nysa single-vineyard bottlings are only released to wine club members. A Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is the most diverse and broad Pinot Noir release in terms of vineyard sources, while L'Ensemble is a selection of the best blocks and barrels. The Own-Rooted cuvée showcases ungrafted Pinot Noir from three old vineyards.
White wines include two Chardonnays; Affinités and Bishop Creek single vineyard. Fleur Blanche is a white wine made from Pinot Noir, and L'Alliance Blanc is a 50/50 Chardonnay - Pinot Gris blend. The Pink Vinyl Pinot Noir Rosé completes the portfolio.