Violin Winery, Willamette Valley

CellarTracker! Violin Winery (Day 4: Visit 2: Willamette Valley)

• 2023 Violin Pinot Noir Freedom Hill – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
  Spices, boysenberries, floral, red currants, earth and dust. Medium plus finish. Very nice wine. 93+ (93 pts.)
• 2022 Violin Pinot Noir X-Omni – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola – Amity Hills
  Well would not buy this. Even Wil would not make another Pinot from here. Chardonnay yes please. Earth, dust, thin on the palate and lacks fruit. Very marginal. Gut impression mid to lower 80s.

• 2023 Violin Pinot Noir – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
  Very nice wine with strawberries, floral, cherry, minerals, stone and earth. Medium plus finish and tasted out of the Glasvin fu. (92 pts.)

• 2023 Violin Pinot Noir Sojeau Vineyard – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola – Amity Hills
  Liked this overall with cranberry, spices, earth, minerals, dried flowers and underbrush. Rustic in nature. (92 pts.)
• 2022 Violin Pinot Noir Polk County Cuvee – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola – Amity Hills
  Fine but nothing special. Rose petals, dark cherry, strawberries, spices and dust. Fruit forward. Very drinkable. (90 pts.)

• 2022 Violin Chardonnay Sojeau Vineyard Eola – Amity Hills – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola – Amity Hills
  Lemon, spices, floral, wood, orange peel and minerals. Complex offering and really like this wine. (93 pts.)

• 2023 Violin Chardonnay Sojeau Vineyard Eola – Amity Hills – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola – Amity Hills
  2022 was excellent and this is equal. Spices, lemon orange peel, minerals, stone, floral and apple. Nice acidity. Very much recommended. (93 pts.)

• 2024 Violin Chardonnay Willamette Valley – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
  Violin impresses more for me in the Chardonnay department similar to Abbott Claim and Walter Scott. Lemon, spices, floral, chalk, apricots, orange peel and sour apple. Great base bottling. (92 pts.)
• 2023 Violin Chardonnay Bracken Vineyard Eola – Amity Hills – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola – Amity Hills
  Big fan of this wine and bought a bottle. This is outstanding in quality. Lemon, wood, spics, orange peel, floral and earth. Super complex and medium plus finish. Highly recommended. (94 pts.)