Martin Woods - Koosah Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

Martin Woods (the woods and the winery) is hidden in the oak-forested foothills of Oregon's Coast Range, within the cool-climate McMinnville AVA, just outside of the city of McMinnville, ground zero for the Willamette Valley wine community. Martin Woods, spearheaded by winemaker/vigneron Evan Martin, is driven by ideals of searching out and partnering with cool-climate vineyard sites in the Willamette Valley and The Rocks to produce a range of truly-exceptional, artisan, terroir-driven wines. They are attentive students of their respective terroirs, and remain committed to responsible, sustainable farming. Evan Martin aims to produce wine that combines the classic qualities of elegance, lifted aromas, textural complexity, power, freshness and tension. The wines are both highly pleasurable to drink in youth but also offer long-cellaring potential, and they really shine on the dinner table. But above all, the wines distinctly express a sense-of-place...authentic Oregon terroir, unlike any other growing region in the world. The artisan wines of Martin Woods offer an insightful and delightful tour of Oregon terroir.

“Youthful ruby in hue, the 2022 Pinot Noir Koosah Vineyard offers notes of potpourri, wild herbs, mossy earth, wild berries, preserved raspberries, and a clean note of stony earth. The palate is outstanding and pure, with refined tannins and a crystalline feel to the fruit profile. This is just a hell of a good, delicious wine now, and it’s going to drink well for a long time to come.” - 98 Points, Jeb Dunnuck

“The Pinot Noir from Koosah is one of the most spice-driven among the Martin Woods releases, with green aromatic notes of mint, rose hip oil and sassafras. This wine has an alpine-like freshness. The young vines at Koosah Vineyard, sitting at the highest elevation in the Valley—a name from the Kalapuya Native American people meaning 'beautiful ceiling of the sky'—yield a beautifully balanced and vibrant wine. The vineyard’s poetic name appropriately describes the wine, which features bold aromatics yet impressive freshness on the palate, with notes of mint, pine, and green spices on the finish. It is a medium-bodied wine with soft, grippy tannins.” - 96 Points, Decanter

“The 2022 Pinot Noir Koosah Vineyard opens with a spice box bouquet as cloves and dusty sage give way to crushed back cherries and hints of cola. This is cool-toned and racy in style, with plush, ripe red and blue fruits elevated by notes of blood orange. Zesty acidity keeps the mouth watering through the long and gently structured finale as nuances of mint and exotic spice linger over a coating of black-tea-like tannins. The 2022 is full of energy yet boasts a powerful core of tension. Superb.” - 94 Points, Vinous 

Producer: Martin Woods

Country: United States

Region: Oregon

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Appellation: Eola - Amity Hills

Vintage: 2022

Size: 750ml