New Releases For List Members
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2024 Mirabai Pinot Noir
The Mirabai 2024 is a youthful, rich red with blue undertones and brilliant transparency. My first impression is a visually observable silkiness. The nose is full of abundant Hood strawberries and red raspberries with subtle warm spices. The 2024 is utterly fresh. As fresh as the cool, rain-air. The mouth becomes quite focused after the almost lush beginning, but maintains its juiciness throughout. The extended, silky finish has beautiful tension and balance. This is a serious Mirabai, and in the past, I would have loved for any of my single vineyard Pinots to be as well-composed as this one is.
Appellation: 100% Dundee Hills A.V.A.
Picking Dates:
68% Weber Vineyard: 21 September 2024. 1983 franc de pied.
18% Stater Vineyard: 20 September 2024: new leased farm between Eyrie and Durant. 1990 on rootstock
14% Durant Vineyard: 30 September 2024. 1974 and 1984 franc de pied.
Barrels: neutral tight-grained Burgundy barrels (228L) made from French forests
Bottling Date: 3 June 2025
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Whole Cluster: about 30%
Cases Produced: (1498) cases
2024 Durant Pinot Noir
I’m excited to offer you my third bottling of Durant Vineyard Pinot Noir! This is old vine, self-rooted Pommard planted in 1974 and 1984 from the South Bishop Block. Historical Dundee Hills fruit with all of the inimitable character that comes with it.
The Durant 2024 is a shining, transparent, and faceted youthful pure red. It has the classic Dundee Hills nose of perfectly ripe Hood strawberries and subtle warm spices, soft minerals, and a hint of sassafras. The mouth is full of rich, red strawberries with the classic Durant sappiness and gorgeous weight. The finish is fine and utterly delicious. The Durant has the energy of early summer and is full of life. As I write every year, there should be a tarot card with a picture of this early summer queen all surrounded by Oregon strawberries and bluebird skies with puffy clouds and the feeling of building abundance.
Appellation: Dundee Hills A.V.A.
Picking Date: 30 September 2024 (from the Bishop Block Pommard franc de pied vines planted in 1973 and1984)
Barrels: neutral Burgundy barrels (228L) made from tight-grain French forests
Bottling Date: 10 July 2025
Alcohol: 13.5 %
Whole Cluster: not this vintage
Cases Produced: 146 cases
2024 Canary Hill Pinot Noir
This is my fifth bottling of Canary Hill Vineyard. Originally planted in 1982 by Dick and Nancy Daniel, this classic Eola-Amity Hills vineyard was purchased by Ken Wright Cellars in 2006. Their vineyard manager, Seth Miller, has been farming it organically with the utmost love and care. It’s called “Canary Hill” because the founders were told that the countless little yellow birds that live there were canaries. They are Western goldfinches, but the name stayed. This vineyard is beautiful.
The Canary Hill 2024 is a darkish medium, saturated red with eye-catching transparency and a youthful appearance. Canary Hill produces serious Pinot true to the Eola-Amity Hills, and the 2024 is no exception. The nose begins with powdery minerals and subtle but rich blue and blackberries with hints of appealing spices. The mouth is intensely fruited-rich cherry-with beautiful structure. There’s a powerful stillness about it. It’s intense. Not a tame wine. It’s lithe and not lumbering. The finish is long and delicious.
Appellation: Eola-Amity Hills A.V.A.
Picking Date: 30 September 2024 (from the House Block Pommard vines planted in 1995)
Barrels: neutral Burgundy barrels (228L) made from tight-grain French forests
Bottling Date: 10 July 2025
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Whole Cluster: none this vintage
Cases Produced: 168 cases
2024 Shafer Pinot Noir
In the late 1990s, I lived at a breathtakingly beautiful vineyard in the Coast Range foothills called “Tualatin Vineyard”. All kinds of wild things live hidden in those forests. I remember visiting the nearby Shafer Vineyard (Miki and Harvey Shafer also ran a Christmas swag side hustle in addition to their vineyard and their winery, Shafer Vineyard Cellars.) and feeling like I was in some magical fairy place. When Ony Mora asked me whether I would make a small amount of wine from these self-rooted vines planted in 1973, there was no hesitation. Ony and Jesus have been managing and personally caring for pristine vineyards with consistent excellence for at least three decades. They are my friends, and they have been an important part of my winery for years.
The Shafer 2024 is an eye-clear jewel-like, rich ruby red. The nose is filled with delicious and perfectly ripe Boysenberry, blueberry, and red raspberry character with soft minerals and subtle spices. There is something cool (like the air in our old growth rainforests), fresh, and inviting about this wine. The mouth is rich without being heavy, and it takes its time on the palate and long finish. I love the depth and intensity of the 2024, and this quiet, powerful wine has enchanted me.
Appellation: Tualatin Hills A.V.A.
Picking Date: 10 October 2024 (franc de pied vines planted in 1973)
Barrels: neutral Burgundy barrels (228L) made from tight-grain French forests
Bottling Date: 10 July 2025
Alcohol: 13.5 %
Whole Cluster: none this vintage
Cases Produced: 140 cases
2024 Stater Pinot Blanc
There’s a new Dundee Hills farm for Kelley Fox Wines starting in 2023: Stater Vineyard. It borders The Eyrie Vineyards’ original vines vineyard on one side and Durant Vineyard (higher up near Bishop Block) on the other. I lease the vines at this enchanting little vineyard encircled by a towering grove that has a Pacific northwest nod to Avalon (i.e. fairies, etc.) in its energy. Most of the vines are Pinot noir here, but there’s a half-acre or so of beautiful Pinot blanc. The 2024 was whole cluster-pressed after picking. It settled in tank for a couple of days before racking, and after primary, it was racked again into neutral French oak barrels for élevage until bottling. This wine is dry and ML-complete.
The Stater 2024 is utterly transparent and is pale, pastel yellow. The enticing nose is full of white peaches and soft, ocean-fresh minerality. The mouth is juicy and beautifully fruited and is well-balanced by the tension and acidity. The finish is mouth-watering and has the feeling of a coastal white wine. I’m so glad to have this type of expression of Pinot blanc.
Appellation: Dundee Hills A.V.A.
Picking Date: 10 October 2024
Barrels: neutral tight-grained Burgundy barrels (228L) made from French forests
Bottling Date: 3 September 2025
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Cases Produced: 168
2024 Durant Chardonnay
The 2024 is brilliantly transparent with the colour of light spun gold. The nose is a heady and rich creamy tropical fruit and mixed citrus without being overbearing. There’s an inviting freshness to it with soft minerals and subtle spices. I could drink this wine every day, and I don’t drink my own wines, typically. It’s mouthwatering with seamless structure. It is fine and balanced. The finish is long, with silk drape. This is a very small bottling from three barrels, but I plan to increase it to six barrels in 2026.
Appellation: Dundee Hills A.V.A.
Picking Date: 9 October 2024
Élevage: tight-grained Burgundy barrels (228L) made from French forests with 30% new
Bottling Date: 3 September 2025
Alcohol: 13.0 %
Cases Produced: (56) cases
2024 Freedom Hill Chardonnay
A couple of years ago, my beloved importers in Japan asked me if/when I would produce a single vineyard bottling of my Freedom Hill Vineyard Chardonnay. I was waiting for the vines to mature a bit longer, but this question led to me thinking that I would see how the vines and fruit looked during growing season and harvest to decide. They were ready. This is my first bottling of Freedom Hill Vineyard Chardonnay.
This wine is eye-catchingly transparent (seems contradictory, but still) and is a brilliant light gold in colour. The nose is filled with creamy mixed citrus and pear, a hint of brioche, powdery minerals and subtle spices. The mouth is much the same, and very fine with good structure and tension. The finish is long and detailed. At the time I wrote these notes (February 2026), this wine needs time. I can’t wait.
Appellation: Willamette Valley A.V.A.
Picking Date: 21 September 2024
Élevage: tight-grained Burgundy barrels (228L) made from French forests with 30% new
Bottling Date: 3 September 2025
Alcohol: 12.5 %
Cases Produced: (61) cases