Willamette Valley is a sweet spot for cool-climate grapes like Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris, as this week’s Tasting Highlights demonstrates. The 2023 and 2024 vintages offer quality and value, and the wines featured here scored up to 93 points and are priced as low as $16.
Established in 2013 by France’s Louis Jadot, Résonance quickly established itself as an Oregon star. Guillaume Large, a Jadot veteran, is the hands-on winemaker, while Jacques Lardière—Jadot’s chief winemaker for 42 years until his retirement in 2012—is the guiding force. The 2023 Résonance Chardonnay Willamette Valley comprises 100 percent estate fruit from three vineyards in the Yamhill Carlton, Dundee Hills and Eola-Amity Hills AVAs. The wine was pressed whole cluster and aged 15 months in French oak barrels, 25 percent of which were new, resulting in a texturally lush yet steely style with accents of apple and lemon verbena.
Excerpt Taken From: Wine Spectator
Author: Tim Fish
