Beaux Freres Willamette Valley Chardonnay 2020

  • 94 Robert
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Vintage
2020

Size
750ML

Features
Boutique

Green Wine

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Winemaker Notes

A fresh, lively wine that encompasses all the reasons Oregon Chardonnay is having a surge of interest on the world wine stage. Bright, food friendly, textured and aromatic - without the weight of excessive oak yet showcasing a richness of flavor we crave from this varietal.

Professional Ratings

  • 94

    Grapes for the 2020 Chardonnay Willamette Valley were picked from August 29 to September 3. It's scented of baked apples, almonds and honey with spicy undertones. The medium-bodied palate has a satiny texture and concentrated, ripe flavor layers, although it maintains tangy acidity, and it has a long, spicy finish.

  • 93
    Supple yet steely, with multilayered pear, lemon verbena and kiwi flavors that draw in fresh ginger accents toward a long, vibrant finish.
  • 92
    The 2020 Chardonnay Willamette Valley is floral with yellow flowers of chamomile, almond, and fresh pear. The palate is taught with Meyer lemon, green apple, and wet stone. This is a wonderful and food-friendly wine with fantastic savory appeal. Drink 2024-2030.

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Beaux Freres

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Beaux Freres, Oregon
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Beaux Frères is one of the earliest and now leading wineries in Oregon, founded by Michael G. Etzel, and brother-in-law (“Beaux Frères” in French) wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr in 1986. Located on an 88-acre farm, Beaux Frères resides on the most prestigious terroirs of Willamette Valley. Since their first vintage in 1991, the Beaux Frères philosophy remains the same; to produce a world-class Pinot Noir from small, well-balanced yields and ripe, healthy fruit that represent the essence of the vineyard. Beaux Frères has had biodynamic and organic practices since 2002.

In 2017, Maisons & Domaines Henriot embarked on a partnership with Michael Etzel acquiring Beaux Frères.

In the summer of 1986, my young family and I began on a journey that, in our wildest optimism, never thought Beaux Frères and our Oregon wine industry would be on the center stage with the fine wine industry. I believe our success is a lesson for anyone with a dream: follow your heart. – Michael G. Etzel, Founder and CEO

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One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.

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Yamhill-Carlton, characterized by pastoral, rolling hills composed of shallow, quick-draining, ancient marine soil, is ideal for Pinot noir and other cool-climate-loving varieties. It is in the rain shadow of the Coast Range to its west, whose highest point climbs to an altitude of 3,500 feet. Yamhill-Carlton is actually surrounded by mountains on three sides: Chehalem Mountains to the north, the Dundee Hills to the east and the western Coast Range to its west, which, when it lets Pacific air through, serves to cool the region.

Vineyards grow on the ridges surrounding the two small communities of Yamhill and Carlton and cover about 1,200 acres of this 60,000 acre region, which roughly makes a horse-shoe shape on a map.

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