Agate Beach Oregon Pinot Noir Rosé
This exceptional dry wine, exclusively from Willamette Valley Pinot Noir grapes, balances refreshing crispness with the rich character of its variety.
Brisk as a day on Agate Beach, bright and smooth as the stones this favorite Oregon getaway is known for — we’ll only make this rare rosé when the vintage is right. Enjoy its fresh, summer fruit while it’s here — like the Oregon sun.
Tasting Notes
Agate Beach 2010
Refreshing news! Agate Beach is here again in the 2010 vintage.
- yield: 200 cases
- availability: current — purchase (released April 15, 2011)
WSA Tasting Panel notes coming soon.
WSA Tasting Panel notes:
Bright, medium ruby rosé. Medium to medium-plus youthful aromas of strawberries, raspberries, and red currants with very delicate background notes of herbs and earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with low tannin, medium-minus acidity, medium body and alcohol. Flavors of strawberries, red currants, and peach pit are of medium to medium-plus intensity, with background notes of dried herbs. The length is medium.
Notes by the Wine & Spirit Archive (WSA)
Tasting date: May 31, 2011
Agate Beach 2009
- yield: 192 cases
- availability: sold out
WSA Tasting Panel notes:
Bright, pale ruby-pink. Medium-intense, youthful aromas are of strawberries, raspberries and rhubarb. The wine is dry, with medium+ to high acidity, low tannin, medium body, and medium length. Medium-intense flavors are of rhubarb crisp, green strawberry, and red currant candies.
Notes by the Wine & Spirit Archive (WSA)
Tasting date: March 9, 2010
Agate Beach 2007
- yield: 85 cases
- availability: sold out
WSA Tasting Panel notes:
Bright, medium pink with hints of fuchsia. The nose is medium intense, with aromas of strawberry candies, watermelon and faint notes of caraway. The wine has medium body, medium to medium-plus acidity, very light tannin and flavors of sweet, fresh summer fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, and watermelon (though it is an entirely dry wine). The wine’s refreshing acidity and bright fruit flavors make it a wonderful accompaniment to a variety of dishes, particularly vegetable-based, but also medium-weighted meats such as salmon, chicken, or pork.
Notes by the Wine & Spirit Archive (WSA)
Tasting date: Feb. 25, 2008
On location: Agate Beach
This beautiful sea beach between Newport and Yaquina Head is famous for the fine agates found there. Agate Beach has been a favorite coastal getaway for adventurous Portlanders since the early 1900s.
The Agate Beach label is a 2007 photograph by artists Anna & Leo Daedalus of HELSINQI, our Portland-based creative marketing partner.
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