Martin Woods "Koosah Vineyard" Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir 2022

Jeb Dunnuck : 98 Points

(8/6/2024) Youthful ruby in hue, the 2022 Pinot Noir Koosah Vineyard offers notes of potpourri, wild herbs, mossy earth, wild berries, preserved raspberries, and a clean note of stony earth. The palate is outstanding and pure, with refined tannins and a crystalline feel to the fruit profile. This is just a hell of a good, delicious wine now, and it’s going to drink well for a long time to come. Drink 2024-2046. Maturity: 2024 - 2046.

Decanter : 96 Points

(7/6/2024) The Pinot Noir from Koosah is one of the most spice-driven among the Martin Woods releases, with green aromatic notes of mint, rose hip oil and sassafras. This wine has an alpine-like freshness. The young vines at Koosah Vineyard, sitting at the highest elevation in the Valley—a name from the Kalapuya Native American people meaning 'beautiful ceiling of the sky'—yield a beautifully balanced and vibrant wine. The vineyard’s poetic name appropriately describes the wine, which features bold aromatics yet impressive freshness on the palate, with notes of mint, pine, and green spices on the finish. It is a medium-bodied wine with soft, grippy tannins. Drinking Window: 2024 - 2041.