96 Points Jeb Dunnuck
From one of the highest elevations in this vineyard, the 2022 Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard is a transparent red hue and is aromatic of ripe cherries, spices, mossy earth, and a lightly gamey but clean earth note. It is an elegant and lifted expression of the Shea Vineyard, with bright acidity, fine tannins, and a more linear feel, and as it opens, it starts to show its broader shoulders and its deeper notes come through. Drink 2025-2040.
96 Points International Wine Review
Resting 10 months in 30% new French oak, the 2022 Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir from Purple Hands pours a gorgeous medium neon ruby core with a lighter pink rim. It possesses a unique personality that slowly opens to notes of crushed huckleberries, marionberries, sweet spice, crushed gravel, and purple flower petals. There are enough tannins and balanced acidity that this Pinot should cellar well for the next 10 years. You can taste the terrier in the wine with old vines planted in the early 1990s. 644 cases were produced. Highly recommended and editor’s choice.
94 Points Decanter
Undeniably Oregon Pinot Noir from the iconic Shea Vineayrds in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Classic red bramble aromatics along side gravelly dust and fresh thyme notes. The palate is fresh and lively. Bright red raspberry, tart cranberry and spiced blood orange alight the front palate. An array of fresh wild herbs, subtle clove spice, and a gorgeous fresh mint character frames a Burgundian-style finish.
94 Points James Suckling
Very aromatic with notes of cherries, raspberries, dried blood oranges and hints of cocoa and licorice. Juicy and bright with a medium body, offering fine, silky tannins and delicious fruit with notes of crushed stones. Refreshing and long.
93 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
“Fermented with around 25% whole clusters and matured in about 30% new oak. It has a very pale ruby color and alluring scents of cranberry, rhubarb, forest floor and Angostura bitters. The light-bodied palate is elegantly styled, offering concentrated yet detailed flavors and compelling spicy accents. It’s structured by silky tannins and juicy acidity and has a long, nuanced finish.
Winemaker Note
Lavender, cardamom, mulberry, blueberry, blackberry, spiced rum, cola, wet stone.
