Lange Estate Winery, Dundee Hills (Willamette Valley, Oregon) Pinot Noir 2009

Given the limited production of this single vineyard wine, it will be hard to find.  But it’s surely worth the search.  Lange Estate makes impressive wines from purchased fruit, but this one shows the great heights they achieve when they use their own.  This gorgeous Pinot Noir is paradoxically powerful and delicate — the epitome of power and elegance — combining lush fruitiness with appealing earthy savory notes.  For me, it delivers the quintessential “flavor without weight” that is the hallmark of stunning and memorable Pinot Noir.