NC - Upper Left Portfolio Brochure

KEY SELLING POINTS • Owned by internationally renowned German winemaker Erni Loosen. • Focused on Pinot Noir, which has found a special home in the Willamette Valley,

• Long-standing relationships with growers who believe, as we do, that high quality is vastly more important than high yields. • Vineyards throughout the Northern Willamette Valley, primarily in the two major soil types, volcanic clay and marine sediment, which bring complexity and finesse to the wines.

and two classic white varieties: Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

TOP SKUS J. Christoper Basalte Pinot Noir

Bedrock bottling from the Willamette Valley, sourced from vineyards that have fairly thin volcanic clay topsoil over fractured basalt. This type of very rocky soil lends itself to muscular, firmly structured wines, with persistent length. The Basalte captures this expressive character of the soil, with deep red fruit and a fine tannic structure with elegance. J. Christopher Volcanique Pinot Noir A selection of outstanding barrels from vineyards we work with in the Dundee Hills. It showcases the savory quality, the fruit purity, and the fine-grained texture that characterizes the deep, red volcanic clay of these hills with a delicately floral Fermented in large (500-liter) oak casks, where it rested on the full lees for nearly two years. From vineyards in three sub-AVAs: our own Appassionata Vineyard (Chehalem Mountains), as well as Yamhill-Carlton and Eola-Amity Hills. With a fine aromatic richness and an elegant, mineral-infused embrace of the palate, it celebrates stony soils and sunny ripeness. AWARDS & ACCOLADES Wine & Spirits Magazine Top 100 Winery – 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 95 pts Decanter Rock Blocks Pinot Noir 2019 94 pts James Suckling Volcanique Pinot Noir 2019 93 pts & Editor’s Choice, Wine Enthusiast Sol et Soleil Chardonnay 2020 fruit aromas, silky texture and structural finesse J. Christopher Sol et Soleil Chardonnay

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