About the Wine
Hamilton Russell Oregon’s Zena Crown Pinot Noir is crafted exclusively from the Zena Crown Vineyard, a monopole site in Oregon’s Eola‑Amity Hills AVA known for its complex terroir and sustainable, Salmon‑Safe farming. The vineyard’s diverse blocks, iron-rich soils, and varying elevations yield a Pinot Noir of remarkable structure, aromatic intensity, and textural finesse. This wine captures the vineyard’s maritime-cooled elegance, delivering a pure expression of site with layered fruit, spice, and a long, balanced finish.
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.
