Evesham Wood Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2023

Since 1986, this house has been the gold standard for”honest wine—the kind that prioritizes soul and soil over heavy oak and high scores.

The 2023 Willamette Valley bottling is exactly why we love this producer. It’s an assemblage of some of the valley’s most respected sites (think Mahonia, Illahe, and Sojeau), blended to give you a perfect, vibrating snapshot of the vintage.

If you’re looking for a thick, jammy fruit bomb, you’re in the wrong place. This is “Pinotosity” at its peak—pale, translucent, and incredibly energetic. Winemaker Erin Nuccio compares the ’23 structure to the classic 2015s, but with a bit more lift. It’s extroverted in the best way possible, jumping out of the glass with a level of aromatic transparency that usually costs twice as much.