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CURRENT RELEASES
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Benton-Lane 2008 Pinot Noir
RETAIL PRICE: $26.00
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This brilliantly ruby tinted wine has classic aromas of cherries, red currants and raspberries with more subtle hints of baking spice and vanilla layered in. On the palate, it exhibits lithe fruitiness and lingering cherry and berry flavors. The wine shows extraordinary balance and finesse with fine grained tannis that provide a nice framework to the silky mid-palate.
According to Wine Spectator Magazine the 2008 vintage in Oregon is the best on record and the resulting wines show great finesse, complexity, and balance.
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Production: 16,760 cases all sealed with screwcaps. |
Benton-Lane 2008
First Class Pinot Noir
RETAIL PRICE: $60.00
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Our First Class is produced only when we have a particular lot of wine that is very, very special, and the 2008 First Class Pinot Noir is such a wine. To start, we look to our favorite vineyard sites for the most balanced, flavorful and concentrated Pinot Noir. We ferment these lots in small fermenters called “pots”. We baby them every step of the way and move the best wine into new French oak barrels for sixteen months of ageing. As the wines develop, we select the best barrels to eventually become “FIRST CLASS” - the best of the best.
The 2008 First Class Pinot Noir is a deep ruby colored wine that exhibits classic aromas of cherry, blackberries and wet earth, with complex underlying flavors of mocha, anise and blueberries. Very ripe, fine tannins and balanced acidity create a rich, velvety texture that leads into an extremely long finish. The First Class pinot noir represents the "best of the best" individual lots from a given year and is produced in small quantities only in vintages of optimal quality. Full wine description.
Production: 1,481 6-pack cases all sealed with screwcap. |
Benton-Lane 2009 Pinot Gris
RETAIL PRICE: $17.00
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The bouquet of this wine just explodes from the glass with aromas of apple blossoms, white peaches and wet stones. On the palate, layers of honeysuckle, nectarines and lemon oil coat the entirety of the mouth. The finish is long and pure with lingering flavors of red star grapefruit. This could very well be our best Pinot Gris to date! Full wine description.
Production: 5,042 cases all sealed with screwcap. |
Benton-Lane Pinot Blanc
RETAIL PRICE: $19.00
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Limited production wine - Limit 6 bottles
In 1982 I tasted my first Oregon Pinot Blanc at a winery near Dundee and fell in love. It was a complex white wine unlike the fruity whites that Oregon had been producing. This wine had been fermented in an old workhorse barrel and I thought it could be even better if it had some fresher wood flavors. So I snuck an acre of Blanc in the vineyard, whole cluster pressed into barrel, fermented the sweet juice, stirred the lees weekly to enhance mouth feel and aged it for eight months in fresh European barrels. The wine was an instant hit in the tasting room (the only place the wine is sold). It has aromas of apple, almond, butterscotch and lemon custard followed by a hint of baking spices.
We have dedicated this beautiful wine to the courageous passengers and crew of UAL Flight 93 who gave their lives to save The White House on September 11, 2001. That is why “93” appears on the label instead of a vintage.
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Production: 186 cases all sealed with screwcap. |
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