Benoni Pinot Noir Red Hill Douglas County 2023

A monopole Pinot Noir from a superstar winemaking team at this price? It’s the first year of this wine – so this price won’t stay!

This is a fantastic bottle of wine. The expressive nose is layered with perfumed, spice-accented red berries and pretty floral notes. On the palate, the 2023 Benoni Red Hill Douglas County is juicy and lively, featuring fresh raspberry and bright blackberry flavors that gradually gain depth through the mid-palate. Spice and floral tones echo assertively on a lengthy, penetrating finish, framed by smooth, well-integrated tannins. There is a ton of focus and tension in this wine – it’s a star in the making.

Original price was: $28.00.Current price is: $21.00.

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More than a decade ago, I was introduced to Benoni’s wines on a trip out west. While most of their small production each year is snapped up by top restaurants from Seattle to Santa Barbara (and plenty in NYC), they’ve managed to stay deliciously under the radar for most wine lovers.

But this new project is something entirely different – and I mean that in the best possible way.
Laurent Montalieu, the pioneering French winemaker who helped build Oregon’s wine industry (when he arrived, there were fewer than 80 wineries; today there are over 850), just pulled off what I’d call the wine equivalent of finding a gold mine. He purchased an entire 400-acre vineyard in Southern Oregon’s Umpqua region that’s so special, it was just granted its own AVA. That makes it a monopole – a single vineyard that comprises an entire appellation.

Think about that for a second. This isn’t just any plot of land. We’re talking about iron-rich volcanic soils similar to the famous Dundee Hills, but at a higher elevation and with more Pacific influence. It’s cooler and windier than the Willamette Valley – exactly what you want for Pinot Noir in our warming world.

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