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It's Oregon Wine Month, Drink Ponzi!
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CELEBRATE OREGON WINE MONTH WITH PONZI PINOT!

“Dick and Nancy Ponzi are truly a pioneering pair of Willamette Valley winemakers. They first moved their young family to the valley in the late 1960s. Inspired by frequent study trips to Burgundy, as well as extensive site searching in Oregon, they purchased 20 acres south of Portland, eventually establishing their winery in 1970, and producing their first vintage in 1974. Over time, the winery has expanded to 120 LIVE Certified Sustainable acres in Willamette Valley. More than 50 years later, daughter Luisa Ponzi is at the helm, overseeing winemaking and viticulture and receiving high praise for her world-class wines!

As we celebrate Oregon Wine Month we think it appropriate to feature one of Ponzi's stellar wines, the 96 point 2021 Ponzi Vineyards Pinot Noir Laurelwood District, which is a beauty! It has 'slowly unfolding aromas of cranberries, tangerine peel, pipe tobacco and forest floor,' says Erin Brooks of Wine Advocate. JamesSuckling.com notes that it's 'juicy and tasty with a medium body and gently dusty tannins.' Our price on this mouthwatering wine is $35.99, and we have a limited quantity, so get yours now.
Glen Knight, The Wine House
If you like Pinot Noir, we have two in-store tastings in June that might be of interest to you. On Wednesday, June 14 at the In-Store Burgundy Event Featuring the Wines of Marchand-Tawse you can sample six Pinot Noirs, including two 1er Crus (among 9 wines being poured), for $40. Then on Thursday, June 15, we have the In-Store Tasting Featuring the Wines of Bien Nacido Vineyards & Solomon Hills, where you can meet winemaker Anthony Avila and taste two stellar Pinor Noirs from the Santa Maria Valley (among 5 wines being poured), for $35.

The Wine House will close at 4:00 PM on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29.
2021 Ponzi Vineyards Pinot Noir Laurelwood District
96 Points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
93 Points JamesSuckling.com
Winery price: $49
Wine House: $35.99
96 Points: “The 2021 Pinot Noir Laurelwood District has a pale ruby-purple color and slowly unfolding aromas of cranberries, tangerine peel, pipe tobacco and forest floor. The medium-bodied palate is powerful and generous with concentrated fruit, grainy tannins, plenty of refreshing acidity and a long, spicy finish. Drink Date 2024 - 2034” Erin Brooks, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (May 2023)

93 Points: Pretty nose of green strawberries, cranberries, dark currants, licorice and button mushrooms. Juicy and tasty with a medium body and gently dusty tannins. Moreish. Drink now or hold. – JamesSuckling.com (April 2023)

FROM THE WINERY

ESTATE
In the late 1960s Dick and Nancy Ponzi uprooted their family to pursue a dream of producing world class Pinot Noir. After research trips to Burgundy and an extensive search, they purchased 20 acres on a small farm just southwest of Portland, Oregon. They believed the climate, soils and vineyard site meet every need of noble
cool-climate grape varieties. The first 4 barrels of wine produced in 1974. At the time, there are 5 bonded wineries in Oregon with 35 acres in production. Ponzi has since become internationally acclaimed for its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Today winemaker Luisa Ponzi continues her work of the last 30 years with the family of Champagne Bollinger, which acquired Ponzi Vineyards in 2021. The estate’s drive to create distinctly pure Pinot Noir, in a distinctly Oregon manner, has never been stronger.

WINE
Situated along the Northern ridge of the Chehalem Mountains, the Laurelwood District boasts ancient soils of fractured basalt layered over with a fine, windblown sediment called loess. A decade-long effort by the Ponzis, alongside their neighbors has resulted in the recognition of Oregon’s first soil-based AVA, the Laurelwood District.

VINEYARD
The Laurelwood District Pinot Noir is a blend of Ponzi’s Aurora, Avellana and Madrona Vineyards along with Gemini, Alloro, Paloma and Sufi Vineyards, all of which are LIVE Certified Sustainable. This subregion of the Chehalem Mountains spreads across the northern slopes, largely protected from coastal rains, allowing the basalt soils to retain water in the spring and slowly, evenly drain throughout the growing season, bringing an
inherent balance to the grape and a measured intensity to the wines.

WINEMAKING
Harvest: Sep-Oct 2021
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Fermentation: In small lots, with daily punch-downs
Aging: 14 months in barrel, 37% new French oak, 12 months in bottle
Alcohol: 13.4%

VINTAGE
The early rains in September refreshed the vines and the fruit started coming in mid September perfectly clean, ripe and full of flavor. Reminiscent of 2012, the nights were very cool creating wines with balanced acidity, big aromatics and delicious full flavors. Yields were somewhat smaller than expected, but that only adds to the intensity of color and structure of the wines.

CONTACT US


The Wine House
2311 Cotner Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064-1877


310.479.3731 or 800.626.9463

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