Kelley Fox Wines is a very small winery created by Oregon winemaker Kelley Fox along with her father, Gerson Stearns.

Kelley has been a full-time, on-the-floor Oregon Pinot Noir winemaker for 10 years. Her winemaking experience includes Torii Mor, Hamacher, and Eyrie. She has been winemaker at Scott Paul Wines since 2005.

The annual case production ranges from 100 to 500 cases. The first vintage was 2007. There are two wines: the Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir and the Momtazi Vineyard Pinot Noir. The wines are made in Carlton, Oregon.

 

What I love most about Pinot is its transparency. I prefer authenticity and even grit to armchair idealism. Pinot does this. There is something so real about it, for the better or for the worse.




Some Press Excerpts:


"Wine Enthusiast" June 2010 Issue:

94. Kelley Fox 2007 Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir (Dundee Hills); $50.00.
This has a surprising amount of vanilla cream in the flavors, plus soft, seductive raspberry fruit. The fruit comes from the oldest part of the Maresh vineyard-38-year-old self-rooted vines. The wine is a pale rose, yet substantial in the style of a classic Pinot from Eyrie. After some hours of breathing it opens with elegant, seductive aromas and some caramel streaks, delicate and perfectly proportioned." -PG

Wine Writer Paul Gregutt's Feature of My Wines, 20 January 2010 (please open the link to read the full article):

http://www.paulgregutt.com/2010/01/return-of-elegance.html

"...What emerged from my conversations with all of these talented people was a sense that elegance and terroir are blossoming in Oregon wines...In addition, many Oregon winemakers are focusing on vineyards with organic/biodynamic grapes, minimal intervention winemaking, creating wines with moderate alcohol levels, and cutting back on the use of new oak. The Kelley Fox wines really exemplify what I am talking about...All three wines have the unmistakable grace of great pinot noir, and the potential to age for many years."

"Portland Monthly", January 2010, Conde Cox:
"...Though wines from Burgundy are the world's benchmark for pinot noir, Cole was wrong in her assertion that Oregon winemakers haven't caught up with their French counterparts. Brisk acidity and an acute focus on minerality are also the hallmarks of modern Oregon pinot noir-especially the 2007 and 2008 vintages. As our vines have aged and our winemakers have honed their skills, Oregon has narrowed the gap with Burgundy:
Kelley Fox Wines 2007 Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir:...this wine exemplifies perfect pinot noir. Delicately floral yet focused on berry flavors that seem to linger on the palate for hours. "


Portland "Oregonian", 28 April 2009, Katherine Cole:
Portland Indie Wine Festival. "Topping my hit list of wines to taste: the Pinot Noir from Kelley Fox Wines."

"Saveur", July 2008, Sarah Karnasiewicsz (about her winemaking at Scott Paul Wines): " With her emphasis on small-yield vineyards and delicately structured Pinots, winemaker Kelley Fox makes her affection for Burgundy apparent in every bottle, including the luscious La Paulee and the refined, faintly floral Audrey."

Robert Parker's "Wine Advocate", October 2008, Jay Miller ( review of Scott Paul Wines 2006 Audrey Pinot Noir):  92 pts.
"It is the most complex aromatically of these wines as well as deeper and richer on the palate. Black cherry, black raspberry, toast, and hints of chocolate and coffee emerge on the mid-palate. The wine has outstanding breadth and length..."

Close-up of vine trunk in the vineyard block pictured on the right
(photo taken by Jeff Hagen)

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I want to have more connection with the people who drink the wines I make. A lot more. Because, really, it's not about the winemaker-it's about the people enjoying it.

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Kelley Fox Wines is now offering complimentary ground shipping for single purchases of 6 bottles or more (mixed orders included) to the contiguous United States. This offer includes all of Oregon, of course. And as always, there is a 10% case discount. 

The noble and beautiful 40-yr-old Wadensvil vines that bear the fruit for my Maresh Vineyard Pinot Noir. This is bud break. I took this photo on 23 April 2010.