2021 Beaux Frères ‘Sequitur Vineyard’ Pinot Noir Ribbon Ridge Willamette Valley

VIN95 The 2021 Pinot Noir Sequitur is darkly alluring and spicy in the glass, as cedar shavings give way to crushed wild strawberries, mint and dusty rose. This is lifted, a model of purity with crisp wild berries and sweet herbal tones lifted by zesty acidity. The 2021 leaves a crunchy sensation on the palate, finishing with a tart raspberry resonance and grippy tannins. This is built for the cellar. The Sequitur is refined for ten months in 33% new French oak barrels.
DEC94 A grafted five-hectare vineyard of Calera, Swan and Mt Eden clone Pinot Noir. This wine shows a flashy core of dark fruits on the aromatic profile with an underlying note of mint. Done in concrete casks, you see lithe berries across the palate, earth, cherries and dusty gravel. Winemaker Mikey Etzel says, ‘This site shows young vines and some of their unresolved tannin issues.’
WA93+ The 2021 Pinot Noir Sequitur Vineyard evokes blackberry jam, forest floor and mushrooms on the nose. The light-bodied palate is silky and seamless with concentrated fruit and a perfumed finish.