93 points, Blue Lifestyle
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About the Wine
Hamilton Russell Oregon’s Maple Grove Chardonnay is sourced from the Maple Grove Vineyard near Monmouth, just outside Salem in the heart of the Willamette Valley AVA. This site imparts a firm mineral backbone and layered complexity, while showcasing the bright, lifted fruit for which Oregon Chardonnay is renowned. The wine balances restraint and elegance with textured depth, reflecting both classic European sensibility and the purity of its Pacific Northwest origin.
Critic Reviews
93 points, Blue Lifestyle
“Toasty yet fresh and bright; juicy yet graceful, with ripe pear, oak, and crisp acidity;long and lovely.”
About The Winery
Hamilton Russell Vineyards in South Africa developed an international reputation over 40 vintages for unusually restrained, classically styled Pinot Noir, with deep structure and spice balancing fruit opulence. Hamilton Russell Oregon aims to express this stylistic philosophy with the very best Willamette Valley fruit - showcasing the restrained classicism of great European Pinot Noir and the bright purity of Oregon fruit. In 2020, with the release of two site-specific Hamilton Russell Oregon Pinot Noirs from the applauded Eola Amity Hills and Ribbon Ridge appellations, Anthony and Olive Hamilton Russell expanded their reach to the frontier of Burgundian-style winemaking in the New World. While the Hamilton Russell team brings with them years of experience and know-how to the burgeoning Oregon wine industry, they see their Oregon project as a great learning opportunity, which should ultimately inform the quality and styling of all their wines.
