2019 Belles Sœurs Cuvée Pinot Noir, Beaux Frères, Willamette Valley

2019 Belles Sœurs Cuvée Pinot Noir, Beaux Frères, Willamette Valley

Nestled in the Willamette Valley, Beaux Frères has played a pioneering role in Oregon's rise to world recognition for great Pinot Noir. In 2017 the Henriot family of Champagne and Bouchard and Fèvre from Burgundy acquired a majority share of Beaux Frères, with the founders, the Etzel family, remaining as managing partners. The Belles Sœurs is a hand-selected barrel reserve from the three estate vineyards. Extremely elegant and fine with delicate red and black berries and spice on the nose, there's greater breadth and richness on the palate, with considerable finesse and freshness.

Critic score
94.75/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
  • Grape
    Pinot Noir
  • Maturity
    Ready 2023 - 2040info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    13%

Tasting notes

Medium ruby-purple, the 2019 Pinot Noir The Belles Soeurs has alluring wild red and black berry fruits with wafts of garrigue, Earl Grey tea leaves and Angostura bitters. The palate is silky and intense with layered, graphite-tinged fruit and a very long finish that's notable for its purity and persistent perfume.

Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate (December 2021)
96/100

Aromas of dark cherry, plum, violet, smoke and cigar box. Medium-bodied with finely grained tannins and bright acidity. Balanced and refined. Harmonious, savory and silky with a succulent, long finish. A little tight now. Unfiltered. Try after 2023.

James Suckling, jamessuckling.com (August 2021)
94/100

From its origin as a Shea Vineyard bottling, Belle Soeur has transitioned to a blend fruit from the Beaux Freres, Upper Terrace, and Sequitur, all farmed by Mike Etzel. Today the grapes are picked earlier, and the extraction managed more gently to give a classic red fruit nose with spice on the attack and plenty of freshness and grippy tannins on the palate. There is still plenty of extract, though, and this lingers persistently on the finish.

Charles Curtis MW, Decanter (August 2021)
94/100
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