By Angela Estate
2013 Angela Vineyard Pinot Noir

Vintage Notes
The 2013 vintage was warmer and drier than the average spring and summer in the Willamette Valley. All of that changed drastically in September and was one of the region's coolest and wettest on record. The dip in temperature allowed the fruit to reach peak phenolic and flavor ripeness while maintaining natural acidity and allowing for lower alcohols in the finished wines. This vineyard routinely delivers distinctive sassafras, white pepper, rose petal, green tea leaf, raspberry, and blackberry. Stylistically, the 2013 vintage will have a core of juicy red and black fruit, rustic nose, and fine tannins. It is reminiscent of the 2006 vintage.

Harvest and Winemaking Notes
Every wine produced under the Angela Estate label is a single-vineyard, estate Pinot Noir. The vines are farmed nutritionally, which treats the microbiology in the vineyards section by section. Soil and stem samples are analyzed for nutritional value. It is the most specific grape farming imaginable. Our fruit is hand-harvested in the early morning in small 14" buckets. It is then hand-sorted and de-stemmed, deposited into one-ton bins for small-batch fermentation. After fermentation, the free-run juice is settled and put into barrel. The must is placed in "The Girls," specialized bladder presses for gentle pressing that do not exceed one atmosphere of pressure. The wine rests for 11 months in 30% new French oak barrels. We like Cadus barrels for their warm tonality.

Wine Statistics
Appellation: 100% Yamhill-Carlton AVA
Composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Aging: 11 months in 30% new French oak
TA: 6.40 g/L
pH: 3.73

Angela Vineyard
Planted in 2006 by Ken Wright and crew, the Angela Vineyard is located in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. The soils are ancient marine sediment soils: Wellsdale, Peavine, Willakenzie, and Melbourne. The elevation runs between 250 and 400 feet. The clonal selection is Wadenswil (17 acres), Dijon 777 (12 acres), and Dijon 115 (5 acres) on Riparia Gloire, 101-14 and 3309 rootstocks. The vineyard is located on the Savannah Ridge, a unique outcropping of soil that leaves our site drier and accesses mother rock in 5 to 7 years.
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Angela Vineyards 2013 Pinot Noir (Yamhill-Carlton)
Rating: 92
Variety: Pinot Noir
Appellation: Yamhill-Carlton, Willamette Valley, Oregon, US
Winery: Angela Vineyards
Alcohol: 13.00%
Category: Red
Date Published: 2/1/2016
Reviewed by: Paul Gregutt
The label does not bear the name Angela Vineyard, but the fruit is estate grown. This is a tight, focused, young red wine, with tangy raspberry fruit that touches on black cherry. Vivid and penetrating, it needs plenty of time to breathe, and as it does it reveals subtle layers of mocha and caramel. This has the bones to age. Drink now through 2030.

ANGELA ESTATE Pinot Noir 2013
Rating: 90
Report Date: January, 2017
Producer: Angela Estate
Vintage: 2013
Drinking Window: 2017-2023
Country: United States
Region: Oregon
Appellation: Oregon
Editor: O. Bargreen
Issue: Oregon Report: Vol. II (2014-2015)
This solid and approachable Pinot Noir from Angela Estate opens with a bouquet of red cherry, red raspberry, black truffle oil and hints of black plum. There are medium weight flavors of red cherry, orange rind, red raspberry and guava puree. (Best 2017-2023)

ANGELA Pinot Noir Yamhill-Carlton District 2013
Score: 90
Region: Oregon, Willamette Valley, Yamhill-Carlton District
Issue: Feb 29, 2016
Fresh and open-textured, inviting for the cherry and dried herb flavors on a light frame, lingering expressively. Fine tannins veil the harmonious finish. — HS

Angela Estate 2013 Pinot Noir
Rating: 88
Yamhill Carlton, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Red wine from United States
Drinking window: 2019 - 2023
Brilliant ruby-red. Taut red berry and mineral aromas unfold slowly, picking up a spicy element and a hint of licorice. Juicy and focused on the palate, offering bitter cherry and red currant flavors and a succulent herb nuance that emerges with aeration. Dusty tannins firm the finish, which leaves notes of cherry pit and white pepper behind.
Josh Raynolds. Tasting date: November 2016

2013 Angela Pinot Noir Estate
Producer: Angela
From: USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Color: Red
Type: Table
Sweetness: Dry
Variety: Pinot Noir
Rating: 85
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Issue Date: 27th Apr 2016
Source: 224, The Wine Advocate
The 2013 Pinot Noir Estate has a crisp blackberry and cranberry leaf nose, the 30% new oak nicely integrated. The palate is chewy, a little "worked' perhaps, and it needs to express more "Pinote" towards the finish. It just feels rather blocky at the moment and my preference lies with the Abbot Claim Pinot Noir this year.