2017 Saffron Fields
Saffron Fields sits in the middle of the marine sediment, solitary atop a unique saddle at 400 feet above sea-level in the Southeastern corner of the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. This forms a natural amphitheater which traps heat throughout the growing season, creating unusually robust, dark and brooding Pinot Noir.
125 cases produced.
Ratings: 93-95, Jeb Dunnuck
"The 2017 Pinot Noir Saffron Fields Vineyard offers a darker style in its plummy, blueberry fruits as well as notes of graphite, damp earth, and spice. It’s beautiful on the palate as well with medium body, remarkable purity, and a clean, chiseled finish. It’s another stunner that should benefit from a year or two in bottle."
"Lots of plum, violets, dried herbs, and forest floor notes emerge from the 2017 Pinot Noir Saffron Fields Vineyard. Made in a pretty, medium-bodied, elegant style, it has rocking complexity, silky tannins, and as with all these 2017s, beautiful balance..."
92 pts, Jeb Dunnuck
Full Specifications
- Alcohol %: 13.2
- Vintage: 2017
- Varietal: Pinot Noir
- Appellation: Yamhill-Carlton
- Vineyard: Saffron Fields Vineyard
- Bottling Date: 4/23/19
- Cases Produced: 125
- Winemaker: Louis Skinner
