Owen Roe Sharecropper’s Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2014 750 ML

A bright aroma of sweet strawberries, cranberry and cherry pie filling, this warm vintage Pinot Noir is luscious with flavors of dried herbs, cocoa, vanilla and cola. Black plum and dark fruit notes dance across the palate.

Producer Information
Owen Roe Winery is a Pacific Northwest wine producer, making several ranges of wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley and Washington’s Yakima Valley. The winery sources fruit from estate vineyards and contract growers to produce a range of varietal and blended wines from various grape varieties from its base in Wapato in the Yakima Valley. The eponymous label, Owen Roe, is the company’s flagship range, and includes a full range of mostly white wines made from Viognier, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay and Gewürztraminer. A number of Oregon Pinot Noir wines from established Willamette Valley sub-regions including Dundee Hills, Eola-Amity Hills, Yamhill-Carlton and Chehalem Mountains are also produced, as are several other blended and varietal red wines from Washington. The company makes several other labels as well as Owen Roe, including Sharecropper’s, Corvidae and COOP. The Sharecropper’s label was created in response to the economic recession in 2001 and takes its name from the historical practice of sharecropping, whereby the grower provides grapes to the winery in return for a share of the profits. The first vintages of Sharecropper’s were made this way, although today, Owen Roe pays growers upfront.