Ponzi Vineyards

Tavola Pinot Noir 2019

Willamette Valley

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The 2019 Tavola Pinot Noir continues a string of amazing Tavola vintages. The running joke at our office is that the wine is literally too good for the price. While made from lower elevation sites and younger vines, and handled in a way to emphasize a fruit forward character, with soft tannins, anything Luisa Ponzi approaches will have high quality as prerequisite. Tavola is the type of wine that can be an introduction to Oregon and Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and, with its generous fruit and exotic spice and floral notes, the start of a delicious exploration.

Vineyard

The 2019 Ponzi Tavola Pinot Noir is produced from LIVE Certified Sustainable Ponzi Aurora and Avellana Vineyards, as well as sustainably grown vineyards in the Chehalem Mtns, Yamhill-Carlton, Dundee Hills and Eola Hills AVAs.

WINEMAKING

All fruit is sorted then destemmed to 1.5–3 ton fermenters. An extended cold soak increases color and aroma. Fermented by native yeasts, the peak temperatures reach 90°F. The fermenters were aerated or punched down twice a day, then lightly pressed. The wine was aged in French oak for 11 months (20% new). A barrel selection is made for Tavola, then racked and bottled by gravity without fining or filtration. This wine has been bottle aged for 4 months before release.

Vintage

The Throwback Vintage, is a reminder of more classic Oregon vintages and the reason the winery was established over 50 years ago. A mild summer, with just a hint of humidity, brought us into the fall with dry weather into September. Picking began with the sparkling and Rose fruit, and then the dance began between clear sunny skies and rainy days. The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir fruit slowly ripened and was harvested in waves between the rainy and sunny days, retaining beautiful acidity and freshness. The pace was reasonable and the harvest was completed in late October. The resulting wines are elegant, low alcohol and fully express what the Willamette Valley can achieve in a cooler vintage. It was a year where winemakers were required to draw on past harvest and put into practice lessons learned. Experience definitely mattered in this vintage.

Tasting Notes

Forward notes of sweet cherry, blueberry, smoked paprika and cedar lead to a full mouth of generous dark fruit including raspberry compote, black currant, cracked black pepper and salted caramel finishing with lingering plush tannins.

Food Pairing

Glazed Roast Salmon with Beets and Spring vegetables.

Color

Red

Grape Varieties

Pinot Noir

Appellation

Willamette Valley

Farming

Tavola Pinot Noir is produced from Ponzi’s LIVE Certified Sustainable Avellana Vineyard, as well as other sustainably-grown vineyards in the Chehalem Mountains, Yamhill-Carlton and Eola-Amity Hills AVAs.

Alcohol

13.2%

Suggested Retail Price

$27

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