- Certified Organic/Biodynamic
- 100% Pinot Noir
- 100% Estate fruit
- Tarren Vineyard (Eola-Amity Hills AVA), Ribbon Ridge Estate Vineyard, Mineral Springs Ranch (Yamhill-Carlton District AVA)
- 25% whole cluster
- Aged 10 months in barrel (30% new)
- 3,473 cases produced
- 13.8% abv
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2023
Country:
United States
Region:
Oregon
Appellation:
Willamette
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Biodynamic
Sizes Available
| Half Bottle | US-SOV-20-23H | 12/375ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
VinePair
Score
95
Date
2025-06-11
"Soter crafts its "Estates" bottling as a recognition of the diversity and quality of top vineyard sites located across the northern Willamette Valley, with fruit sourced from three of the winery's holdings: the Mineral Springs Vineyard, Ribbon Ridge Estate, and Tarren Vineyard. It feels like this wine represents the best of these sites. It has a subtle nose with tart cranberries, cherries, and an earthy note. The palate is delicate with active acidity and a silky texture."
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2025-03-20
"A brilliant, composed and polished wine from Tony Soter that captures fresh, pure fruit flavors on an elegant texture. Strawberry, black cherry and subtle pine aromas lead to tangy red cherries, orange zest and creme de cassis on the palate. A medium body and moderate tannins complete the picture. Made from certified sustainable grapes. Drink now or hold."
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
93
Date
2025-08-26
"A deep ruby red color, the 2023 Pinot Noir Estates boasts attractive aromatics, featuring notes of red cherries, cedar, lifted spices, and potpourri. Medium-bodied, it has ripe tannins, refreshing ripe acidity, and chalky richness of texture through the finish, with lightly warming spice. Drink 2025-2035."
Wine Spectator
Score
93
Date
2025-04-23
"Graceful and elegantly crafted, with fragrant raspberry and pomegranate flavors laced with black tea and tarragon as this glides on the sleek finish. Drink now through 2033.—T.F."
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2025-07-31
"The 2023 Pinot Noir opens with a cascade of violet and lavender tones that give way to crushed blackberries. Round textures and a lifted personality soothe the palate as vibrantly ripe red and blue fruits swirl throughout. Lively and spry, it leaves nuanced tannins and a tinge of spice while tapering off with medium length."
Wine Enthusiast
Score
92
Date
2025-08-31
"Estates is an invitation to walk in the garden to smell aromas like blackcap raspberries that are ready to pick, pine needles from that tree that's too close to the house and catmint. This medium-bodied venture has a sturdy tannic structure and all the black cherries your palate can handle. A bittersweet horehound-candy flavor shows up on the moderately long finish. —M.A."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2022
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2024-04-30
"This gorgeous wine is fragrant with cinnamon, rose petal and cedar aromas, then rich in black cherries, plums and flowers with a medium body and moderate tannins. A firm texture and balancing acidity lead to good length in the finish. Drink or hold."
2022
Decanter
Score
93
Date
2024-08-22
"This bottling is a newer project that happened a bit by accident according to winemaker Chris Fladwood. A growth of estate holdings in Eola-Amity Hills, Mineral Springs in the Yamhill Carlton and Ribbon Ridge AVAs. Intense blue fruits are from Eola-Amity, earth is from MS, and spice is from Ribbon Ridge. A melange of red fruits, spice and wintergreen, concentrated blue fruits, wild herbs, and white pepper kiss the finish."
2022
Vinous
Score
93+
Date
2024-09-30
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Estate is wonderfully refined, displaying a pure blend of dried strawberries, minty herbs and hints of split pine. This is soothingly round, with a pleasant inner sweetness and crisp red and blue fruits that flow across a stream of juicy acidity. Violet inner florals echo throughout as the 2022 finishes with a pleasantly chewy sensation. A coating of sweet tannins promises years of positive development."
2022
Wine Spectator
Score
93
Date
2024-04-10
"Refined and precise, this red serves up handsome flavors of raspberry and cherry accented by savory tea and mineral tones while building tension toward fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2032. ‡T.F."
2022
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
91
Date
2024-10-08
"The ruby red 2022 Pinot Noir Soter Vineyards Estates saw 25% whole clusters at fermentation and spent 10 months in 30% new French oak prior to release. In the glass, it boasts notes of ripe cherries, refined lifted spices, dried herbs, and dusty earth. The palate offers a medium frame with dusty tannins, crunchy fresh fruit, refreshing acidity, and a clean finish. It's going to show its best over the coming 5-6 years."
2022
Wine Advocate
Score
91
Date
2024-07-25
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Estates has alluring scents of pomegranate, rhubarb, blood orange, tobacco and dried herbs. The medium-bodied palate is finely chalky with fireworks of fresh acidity. Its deep core of spicy fruit is immediately approachable, and a flourish of floral perfume defines the long finish."
2021
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2024-03-14
"This gorgeous wine is fragrant with cinnamon, rose petal and cedar aromas, then rich in black cherries, plums and flowers with a medium body and moderate tannins. A firm texture and balancing acidity lead to good length in the finish. Drink or hold."
2021
Wine Spectator
Score
94
Date
2023-06-30
"Grace meets tension in this impeccably structured Pinot, which delivers cherry and brooding blueberry flavors that pick up accents of forest floor, river stone and dark, dusky spices. Concludes with medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2033. 3,175 cases made."
2021
Jeb Dunnuck
Score
93
Date
2023-09-17
"The 2021 Pinot Noir Estate pours a saturated youthful ruby-red and reveals well-balanced layers of aromas of scorched earth, pine resin, and preserved black cherry. Elegant and full-bodied, it has a refined texture, fine tannins, and a clean, stony finish. It is a very attractive, ripe wine to enjoy over the next 5-7 years."
2021
Wine Advocate
Score
92
Date
2023-03-09
"The 2021 Pinot Noir Estates has a medium ruby color and scents of briary fruit with touches of cinnamon, citrus peel and fir. Medium-bodied, soft and juicy, it has notably concentrated fruit and a long, spicy finish. This is very easy to drink!"