Adelsheim Vineyard

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The Adelsheim family are pioneers of the Oregon wine industry, their wines are highly sought after and hard to obtain, and they have maintained reasonable prices even in the face of high demand and limited supply. Michael Adelsheim markets the wines, while David Adelsheim oversees the winery and has recently been pivotal in the development of six new appellations in Yamhill County.

Small amounts of Adelsheim's wines are made, and we are sometimes out of stock of the reserve and single vineyard selections. Their reserves are special, to be laid down for aging, with big tannic structures that benefit from time. The white wines are, in general, full bodied, although the Pinot Blanc is lean, crisp, and minerally.

In 1997, Adelsheim Vineyard moved its winemaking and office facilities into a beautiful new facility. By 1998, most of the "last minute bugs" had been worked out in the new winemaking area. David hopes that well thought out systems will allow the winemaking to really shine in the great years, and will control quality in difficult grape growing years.

Thus, in the 21st vintage, David Adelsheim is giving new winemaker David Paige all the tools he needs create wonderful wines with a minimum of organizational snags.

Although a new chapter is being written for Adelsheim Vineyard, it most assuredly is based upon what came before. The house-style remains the same; rich elegance, balance, finesse, moderate use of new oak, etc. Now that the winery is in place, it’s back to the vineyards (six of them and counting) for more research to continue the quest for improvement of their wines.

The Adelsheims are in the process of reconsidering their single vineyard and Reserve style wines- as new vineyards mature and come online, they are introducing new Pinot Noirs and changing the composition of the well known Elizabeth's Reserve. Their Pinot Noir "Penta Reserve" is made from the grapes from five different vinyards (thus "Penta") and may be blended differently in future years.

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