Suggestions for a “house” OR Pinot Noir

[Hank_Victor]

Siduri Willamette Pinot Noir*



This should be readily available in your market. A lot of great options listed above in this thread but I don’t know how much of those you will find in your local grocery store or Total Wine. I think Siduri can successfully fill the house wine role and will more than scratch your Oregon PN itch.

[DougS]

We are with Quail Distributing in AZ which is based out of Phoenix. They certainly carry our Reserve Pinot Noir. I have no idea what they wholesale it at but I’m sure if you have a shop you work with on the regular you could get it in the $25-27 sort of range. Single vineyards would probably start a tick above that at around $35 or so. 2019 Reserve is quite solid.

This is a great point: you can find some Patricia Green single vineyards right around $35, and they’re wonderful values at that. If you find one you really like, maybe a local store would order you a case and offer a case discount (or some store in Oregon might do that for you and ship).

[Luca_Giupponi]

Go big on Berserker Day. Many OR Pinot offers to chose from, and at great discounts. I believe Franny Beck Blue Label was close to $20/bottle on the Patrick Taylor offer…

[RichardFlack]

I know top burgundy is super expensive but to equate to a house as alternatives

[Andrew_K]

Go big on Berserker Day. Many OR Pinot offers to chose from, and at great discounts. I believe Franny Beck Blue Label was close to $20/bottle on the Patrick Taylor offer…

Yeah it was $19.75. Sadly I only bought 3 cases. I won’t make that mistake next year.

[Roger_Ouellette]

Sitting here sipping on a '19 Crowley WV pinot right now. Solid every day drinker that we paid around $25 for when we visited with Evan earlier this year.

[Alexander_Smith]

You won’t get better than Patricia Green Cellars Reserve

[Robert_R]

Agree… Patricia Green reserve or, if you can find it, Mckinlay Reserve

[J_Cangiano]

Goodfellow WV is one of the best daily drinkers around.

[David_Kaufman]

You won’t get better than Patricia Green Cellars Reserve

Well, maybe the PG Berserkers’ Cuvée

[Scott_Brunson]

For us, Vincent
Followed closely by Cristom, Franny Beck, Goodfellow, P Green

[Brian_Glas]

Evesham Wood and Vincent are some of my favorites close to $20 a bottle

[JBucholz]

Colene Clemens “Dopp Creek” is a decent option for under $30.

[John_Peacock]

2nd rec for the Colene Clemens Dopp Creek.

[AlanJK]

Wife and I have been on a huge OR Pinot kick over the last year+ (probably trying Thomas for the first time set the wheels in motion).

While I’d love to be able to drink Thomas every night, unfortunately my allocation nor my wallet are big enough, so I’d like to find something that is more accessible (high end grocery, Total Wine, LWS) and in the $20-$35 range.

My palate isn’t sophisticated enough to know what characteristics of Thomas and the other “higher end OR PNs” are so appealing, but I’m hoping there are some options that are easier to obtain and easier on the wallet.

Montinore Estate has some decent $20 Pinots. In the Willamette Valley $20 is the minimum but there are lots of choices there. A to Z is another one. Sokol Blosser’s Evolution line is interesting as well.

[brigcampbell]

Berserkerday 2022 will be all about filling your cellar with Oregon wine.

[JDavisRoby]

There are many, many options for you.

Evesham Wood Eola-Amity Hills and WV

These are both sub-$30 and exceptional.

Basic WV bottlings from all of these will be solid weeknight wines:

Crowley
Ayres
Grochau Cellars
Vincent
Patricia Green
Cameron(must like the funk)
Twill
Love & Squalor
Walter Scott La Combe Verte
Arterberry-Maresh Dundee Hills
Whistling Dog(don’t be fooled by the name, the wines are good)
Shiba-Wichern($20 from Avalon, excellent wines)
Westrey
Belle Pente ($23 from Avalon)
Loop de Loop (very good wines, and the Four Winds PN is $25)
Division Winemaking Cuvee Un
Trathan Hall (these are dynamite)
Granville Farmhouse Cuvee ($25)
McKinlay Chehalem Mountain ($25)
Horsetail PN ($27)
Johan Estate PN ($27)
Violin ($27)
White Rose Dundee Hills ($27)
Hundred Suns ($28)
Bethel Heights ($29)
Timothy Malone ($28)
Swick


There’s a stupid number of very good entry level Oregon Pinot Noirs available sub-$30. Maybe not at Total Wine, but Avalon, Sec, and Vinopolis all ship. As do the wineries themselves. We make an excellent Willamette Valley bottling that is $27/bottle. With case discount the shipping is basically a wash. All of the fruit is from the same vineyards our vineyard bottlings and Heritage wines come from. Most of the wines I’ve listed would be the same situation, and I recommend trying all of these.

Marcus,

Was your base Ribbon Ridge bottling you released last year only a COVID year thing? I recall it being sub $25. I believe I’ve gone they 7-10 bottles of it.

[dave_kammerer]

+1 on the Colene Clemens range of pinots. Had their 2010 reserve pinot that is my woty so far.

[Jim_Stewart]

Patricia Green Reserve
RoseRock Eola-Amity

[Marcus_Goodfellow]

Marcus,

Was your base Ribbon Ridge bottling you released last year only a COVID year thing? I recall it being sub $25. I believe I’ve gone they 7-10 bottles of it.

Hi Josh,

We did a quarantine special on the 2017 Ribbon Ridge Pinot Noir last year. That cuvee is $30/bottle, but we also do a Berserker price break. 2018 is current release for that wine. Honestly, the 2018 Willamette Valley is a lovely wine, and can be found pretty easily for $25.