2021 Martin Woods "Koosah Vineyard" Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir
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Jeb Dunnuck
Reviewed August 2024The medium red 2021 Pinot Noir Koosah Vineyard is outstanding and really in a great place, with notes of pristine ripe cherries, raspberries, preserved roses, and all the layers of the previous wines. It’s seamless on the palate, with plush, velvety tannins, clean, even acidity, and a lovely, tapered finish, which floats away ever so slowly. This is another outstanding wine from this site, which was purchased by Resonance (Jadot) in 2022. Drink it over the next 20 years. (AF)
Professional Reviews
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Decanter
‘Koosah’ is from the Coast Salish dialect meaning ‘beautiful ceiling of the sky.’ This site, grown at 280 metres, is the highest in the AVA and planted on its own roots in rocky basalt and shallow top soils. This wine offers up effusive aromatics of alpine scrub and pine bough, followed on by cut persimmon aromatics. There is ample, fleshy blue fruit and a savoury spiced backbone to this elegantly knit Pinot Noir. Bramble berries, juicy blood orange and plenty of signature Eola-Amity spice carry into the finish. (CP)
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Wine Advocate
The 2021 Pinot Noir Koosah Vineyard, from vines planted in 2016 at 900 feet in elevation, was matured for 14 months. The nose features wild blackberries and blueberries with nuances of blood orange, lilac and earth. The medium-bodied palate is supple and mouthwatering, with finely grippy tannins reminiscent of steeped black tea. It has surprisingly concentrated, floral fruit and a fan of spice across the long finish. This expressive Pinot Noir, from relatively young vines, is delicious right now, yet it will age gracefully over the next decade. (EB)
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John Gilman
Koosah Vineyard is the highest elevation vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA, with the nearby Van Duzer Corridor providing plenty of cool nighttime air here. These vines are dry-farmed organically and Evan Martin used ten percent whole clusters for this wine in 2021. It is raised in only five percent new oak for fourteen months. The wine is a bit darker in hue than the 2021 Hyland Vineyard bottling, as well as a bit more black fruity in personality. The nose offers up a lovely blend of black cherries, dark berries, a bit of raw cocoa, woodsmoke, volcanic soil tones, fresh thyme and just a hint of cedar. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very elegant in profile, with a superb core of fruit, tangy acids, excellent focus and balance, buried tannins and a long, vibrant and complex finish. This has the lovely structure of the 2021s in Willamette Valley, so some patience will be required, but this is going to be another simply outstanding bottle of pinot noir once the wine is ready to drink! 93+
Staff Reviews
RW
From one of the highest elevation vineyard sites in the Willamette Valley with super thin rocky soils, in the cool, and windy Eola-Amity Hills. This is an explosively aromatic and floral wine, winter spice, pristine berry fruits, flint, dry leaves. Elegant yet impactful. World-class Pinot Noir from a producer that is quickly becoming one of the most highly regarded and sought after winemakers in the region.
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Origin | Oregon, United States |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1704251 |