St. Innocent Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir Shea Vineyards 2019 NO20231018 mineral edge of other granite-rich

mineral edge of other granite-rich terroirs - think northern Rhône

400 feet up in the Andean foothills

Native yeast

Pinot Noir and Meunier

St. Innocent Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir Shea Vineyards 2019 NO20231018 mineral edge of other granite-richShea is one of Oregon's great vineyard names, and St. Innocent has been bottling it since 1998, long enough to know exactly what the site wants. It sits in the Yamhill Carlton foothills on shallow, quick draining ancient marine soil, which tends to give Pinot Noir darker fruit and a firmer frame than the valley's volcanic sites. This one already has several years in bottle, so the hard edges have softened and the earthy, savory register has arrived,