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Wines from Cherry Hill
2004 Cherry Hill Estate Pinot Noir
Eola Hills, Willamette Valley
$29.00 [Order
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2003 Vintage
91 pts - Wine Spectator
Cherry Hill Estate Pinot Noir is
an elegant light, delicate style of Pinot Noir. This beautiful wine was
hand picked from our Pommard Clone and aged in neutral French oak for
one year. This soft subtle Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley will
only improve with age, but she is a beauty right now.
Tasting Notes:
Cherry Hill Winery produced its first vintage from our new winery in
2003. The Cherry Hill Winery 2004 estate pinot noir was handcrafted
from our Pommard clone which makes up 55% of our 55 acre estate
vineyard. Our state of the art gravity feed winery provided us with the
tools to carefully handcraft this most difficult grape into a light
delicate pinot noir. The fruit for this beautiful wine was hand picked
from our best blocks where yields are restricted to two tons per acre.
The grapes were destemmed and gravity fed to our small fermenters where
each lot was carefully monitored. The wine aged in neutral French oak
for one year and is a light delicate wine with beautiful color and
texture. Like all things of beauty, this wine will improve with age, but
it is a beauty now!
Food and Serving Suggestions:
Pinot Noir is known as the most food-friendly grape and Willamette
Valley Pinot Noirs rank with the best from Burgundy and California. We
recommend entrees of fish, beef, wild game, and pastas.
2004 Papillon Estate Pinot
Noir
Willamette Valley
$22.00 [Order
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Papillon Estate Pinot Noir is a blend
of our two Dijon clones 115 and 113. Papillon (a small French breed of
dog) is our biggest and boldest pinot noir. This wine which tastes of
cherries and chocolate is our most macho wine which is proving to be a
favorite of the cigar crowd. It will mellow and improve with age and
the tannins will soften.
Tasting Notes:
Our Papillon Pinot Poir 2004 is a blend of Dijon clones 113 and 115 from
our Cherry Hill estate fruit. This fruit comes from seven-year-old vines
that are planted on our Nekia soil with southwest facing slopes at 300
feet elevation. We noticed in our frequent barrel tasting of the Dijon
clones that our winery dog Daisy would anxiously wait for the leftovers
from the wine thief. Since Daisy is a Papillon of French descent with a
cultured palate, we decided that we would label this wine Papillon. As
evidenced by this soft elegant pinot noir, our Papillon has indeed shown
a discerning palate. We now follow the Papillon to the barrel of her
choice and will only select that which she seeks. Daisy has just
returned from her first wine show in New York where she and her wine
made their debut. Both were awarded best of show and their best days lie
ahead. Both dog and wine are aging well.
Food and Serving Suggestions:
Pinot Noir is known as the most food-friendly grape and Willamette
Valley Pinot Noirs rank with the best from Burgundy and California. We
recommend entrees of fish, beef, wild game, and pastas.
2004 Sweeney Reserve Pinot
Noir
$40.00 [Order
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Sweeny is our Reserve Pinot Noir and
was selected by our owner Mike Sweeney from his favorite barrels of our
estate fruit. This wine represents the best of our Pommard clone from
three of our most desirable vineyard blocks. Mike Sweeney says "I love
this wine and want to share it with you."
Tasting Notes:
Sweeney estate pinot noir is our Reserve Pinot Noir. The wine is 100%
Pommard clone from three of Cherry Hills best blocks. These three blocks
are known as the holy grail of the vineyard and the fruit is cropped to
2 tons per acre and picked at 23 brix. Our owner, Mike Sweeney selects
several barrels and shares this delicate wine with family and select
friends.
Food and Serving Suggestions:
Pinot Noir is known as the most food-friendly grape and Willamette
Valley Pinot Noirs rank with the best from Burgundy and California. We
recommend entrees of fish, beef, wild game, and pastas.
2005 Vanda Estate Pinot Noir Dry Rosé
$12.00 [Order
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Like the Vanda Orchid on its label, this
delightful estate Pinot Noir Dry Rosé is light and beautiful. The crisp
dry taste of this wine is indeed as pleasing to the palate as the bloom of
the Vanda Orchid is to the eye. The rose, when served chilled, is best
enjoyed on a warm day with a gentle breeze while sitting in a rocking
chair. A light lunch and afternoon sip will remind you of the feminine,
romantic, and sensuous qualities that are the signature of the Willamette
Valley Pinot Noir grape in this its most delicate style.
Tasting Notes:
Vanda Pinot Noir Dry Rosé is produced from Dijon and Pommard clones from
the Cherry Hill estate fruit located in the Eola Hills region of the
Oregon Willamette Valley. We pick our fruit at 22 brix, and it is
fermented in closed-topped stainless steel tanks. It is not aged in oak
and the wine is fined and filtered. The wine is produced and packaged to
cater to our lady friends and should be given much like a flower or
jewelry.
Cherry Hill Winery is part of a group
of winemakers and wine drinkers dedicated to righting the wrongs done to
the dry rosé. Europeans down copious amounts of rosé but in the U.S.
only a handful of sophisticated drinkers quaff this wonderful pink wine.
Food and Serving Suggestions:
Dry Rosé is currently experiencing a new world renaissance as it pairs
well with seafood, steaks, spicy flavors, salads and even barbecue.
Toast to pinot noir dry rosé!
2006 Poverty Road Pinot Gris
Willamette Valley
$16.00 [Order
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This light delicate Pinot Gris is named
after the road to our winery. This road has impoverished us as
well as the persons who have exceeded the 14 mph speed limit.
Traffic fines are excessive and allow us to produce this exquisite light
wine at a nominal cost.
Tasting Notes:
Poverty Road Pinot Gris is produced from purchased fruit grown in nearby
vineyards. Whole cluster pressing and fermented in closed-top stainless
steel fermenters, the wine is not stored in oak. This light white wine is a starter wine,
training wheels, a quencher of thirst for those traveling our long road
and a rocking chair wine, all in one package.
To place an order for Cherry Hill Wines:
Call (503) 623-7867, or..
Print out the online
order form and
either...
Fax it to (503) 623-7878, or...
Mail it to:
Cherry Hill Winery
7867 Crowley Road,
Rickreall, OR 97371
Questions?
Contact Cherry Hill at
info@cherryhillwinery.com
or Call (503) 623-7867
Copyright © 2004 - 2007 Susan R. O'Hara. All rights
reserved.
Last revised:
07/26/2007
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