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Marcus Goodfellow has been one of our go-to producers for Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pinot gris—hell, we’d probably buy a white Zin from him if he made one. Goodfellow Family Cellars showcases specific vineyards and traditional winemaking techniques (not that anything they do qualifies as non-traditional, space-age, or otherwise). “Old vines, dry farming, traditional winemaking, simple techniques executed meticulously,” is their stated philosophy.
Marcus Goodfellow’s winery is neither a newcomer nor a pioneer, and we don’t at all mean for that to be damning with faint praise, or anything like it. Marcus wears both hats with aplomb: he’s not a part of the “old guard” of Oregon winemakers but his wisdom and thoughtfulness are second to none. We love tasting with him and sending customers to the winery—he’s as gifted at explaining intricacies of wine as he is making it.
I once asked him about the vineyards he works with and without hesitation, he came up with this football-based analogy: “It's my Cam Chancellor, the quiet guy who puts the Boom in the Legion of Boom. Whistling Ridge Vineyard is directly above and beside two of Oregon's heavy hitter vineyards, sharing property lines with the Beaux Freres vineyard and Patricia Green Cellars Estate vineyard. It's one of Oregon's greatest white wine sites, and the Pinot Noir is both elegant and structurally powerful.”
Goodfellow Family Cellars produces wine only from sustainably farmed, non-irrigated, old vines; they seek to produce intense, site specific wines with an old world intensity and character. The winemaking is traditional: no cold soaks, no yeast inoculation, whole cluster ferments, long aging.
