Walter Scott La Combe Verte Pinot Noir 2024
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This is a special vintage for La Combe Verte (LCV) Pinot Noir. 100% single vineyard-quality sites—Freedom Hill, Sojeau, Witness Tree, X Novo—when you have them, show them off! What a wicked flex, yet a humble one since this crazy combo of vineyards is a little more than 30 bucks.
Tasting the 2024 LCV Pinot was a rediscovery for how great it can be—truly the most glorious vintage of LCV and we know, because we've tasting them all and reviewed our notes in order to make this emphatic and really, totally no-brainer conclusion.
Team Walter Scott uses the word "graceful," likening 2024 to 2012—certainly high praise. We see such brilliants clarity in the 2024's beautiful, glowing heart of fruit. Lithe and silky with understated power, we're pretty sure this is what they consider grace. A gorgeous Pinot Noir for which our recommendation falls into two categories:
- you like Walter Scott wines and then this is a no-brainer
- maybe it's been a minute since you've had La Combe Verte and this should, and will be your moment of rediscovery.
Team Walter Scott: We embrace the wisdom of Burgundy's legendary importer Becky Wasserman, who famously said, 'You can always judge a great domaine by the quality of their Bourgogne bottling.' Inspired by this ethos, we pour the same passion into our Willamette Valley wines as we do into our single vineyard selections.
Translating to 'The Green Fault' or 'The Green Valley,' La Combe Verte pays homage to the lush landscapes of the Willamette Valley and our cherished friends at Patricia Green Cellars, the incubator for the fledgeling Walter Scott first vintage.
2022 vintage notes
Loaded with lush black cherries and fresh summer berries—equal parts lively and slurpable—you'll want to dive right in. Expands toward and through the finish with savory-sweet earth tones and a lovely burst of freshness that plays perfectly off the dense and delicious fruit. Buy a case, drink half now-ish and continue the fun for years to come. A blend of these vineyards: Freedom Hill, Sojeau, Temperance Hill, Witness Tree, and Distraction. -Marcus
The inviting nose envelopes the senses with the suggestion of both ripe red & black fruits complimented by fragrant summer flowers and the comforting warmth of earthy spices. The dense fruit, succulent tannins, and vibrant acidity all come together to produce a lovely & balanced example of what the Willamette Valley has to offer. -team Walter Scott
2018 vintage notes
The most Willamette-Valley of La Combe Verte Pinots, the '18 blends all the right parts from the valley, from top notch Eola-Amity Hills bright and savory goodness to Ribbon Ridge's lushness, to Dundee Hills sweet red fruits and baking spices, to Freedom Hill's power. At once engaging and surprisingly stacked in its structure, here's your window into 2018 -- you'll love the view. - Marcus
The 2018 La Combe Verte is composed from the volcanic Eola-Amity Hills vineyards of Lewman and Sojourner, blended with their north valley counterparts of Sequitur and Red Hills Estate Vineyards. The finishing touch is the old vine fruit from the powerful, marine sedimentary Freedom Hill Vineyard.
2015 vintage note:
Don't think of this as value Pinot. Think of it as awesome Pinot that happens to be well-priced. The perfect marriage of cherries and summer plums, and complementary sweet/savory/spicy elements that make this the kind of thing you want to drink like juice. The average vine-age in this in a whopping 25+ years! From Eola Springs, Freedom Hill, Sojourner, Temperance Hill, and Vojtilla Vineyards. - Marcus
2014 vintage note:
Vibrant, dark and savory, this jumps from the glass. Capturing the immediate allure of a warm vintage like 2014, maintaining balance and freshness, this juice is for real. As for flavors, think black cherries and fresh summer blackberries.
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