2024 Soil Series
FALL 2026 RELEASE
2024 ALEXANA ‘ESTATE VINEYARD’
Pinot Noir
Dundee Hills – Willamette Valley AVA
Our Alexana ‘Estate Vineyard’ Pinot Noir expresses our entire Estate’s dramatically diverse terroir, which includes 18 different soil types. This unique expression of Oregon Pinot Noir comes from the sustainably farmed Estate Vineyard at Alexana. 2024 was a perfect vintage at the Alexana Estate with a cool September that allowed us to hang the fruit longer developing more intense flavors and texture. The production team continues to diversify its fermentation approaches as it dials in the right extraction regimes and fermenters for each vineyard block and clone. The 2024 bottling contains the highest percentage of whole cluster fermentation ever for an Alexana Estate Pinot Noir bottling.
Clones: La Tâche, Mt. Eden, Coury, Pommard, Wädenswil, 113, 114, 115, 667, 777, and 943
11 months in French Oak Barrels
30% New, 23% Once-filled, 47% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Violets, luxardo cherry, treacle, ferrous notes, and petrichor
Palate | Morellow cherries with a hint of thyme and cedar shavings, broad and long palate, with a seriously long finish
2024 ALEXANA ‘Kinney ranch Vineyard’
Pinot Noir
Dundee Hills – Willamette Valley AVA
In the spring of 2021, an additional 27 acres were planted at Kinney Ranch Vineyard located a stone’s throw away from Alexana Estate. Kinney Ranch is nestled between three iconic vineyards in the Dundee Hills – Thomas Vineyard, Domaine Serene’s Two Barns Vineyard, and our own Alexana Estate Vineyard. These steep slopes of marine sedimentary and volcanic soils are a rare combination within the Dundee Hills creating wines with a synergy of power and finess. The 2024 bottling contains the highest percentage of whole cluster fermentation ever for an Alexana Estate Pinot Noir bottling.
Clones: 38% Block 1 La Tâche, 38% Block 9 Mt. Eden, 24% Block 2 Pommard
11 months in French Oak Barrels 13% New, 25% second fill, 62% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Aromatic pop with baking spice, tart strawberry, dried cranberry, rose petals, white pepper, wet chalk and tobacco
Palate | Mineral-driven freshness with taut tannin and flavors of Christmas spice, pomegranate and Rainier cherry
2024 ALEXANA ‘Zena Crown Vineyard’
Pinot Noir
Eola-Amity Hills – Willamette Valley AVA
Widely considered a Grand Cru site within the Willamette Valley, Zena Crown Vineyard sits on a south-facing slope at the center of the Eola- Amity Hills AVA. The unique position of this vineyard is impacted greatly by the Pacific Ocean breezes coming through the Van Duzer Corridor. The personality of Pinot Noir from this site presents a powerful structure, vibrancy, and a depth of dark fruit rarely found in Oregon.
Clones: 75% Block 13 – Dijon Clone 777, 25% Block 8 – Dijon Clone 828
11 months in French Oak Barrels
25% New, 25% Once-filled, 50% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Tart cherry, Italian plum, tobacco leaf, caramel, and a touch of graphite
Palate | Heaps of fruit on the palate—plum, blueberry, blackberry, and cherry with salty spring rhubarb. White pepper and baking spices envelop taut, linear tannins.
2024 ALEXANA ‘Fennwood Vineyard’
Pinot Noir
Yamhill-Carlton – Willamette Valley AVA
Planted under the guidance of Oregon pioneer David Adelsheim, this vineyard sits on a low ridgeline comprised of volcanic soils. A personality unique within the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, this site is known for its intensely perfumed high-toned red fruits and earthy elegance.
Clones: 55% Block B7 – Pommard Clone, 45% Block B-11 – Dijon Clone 115
11 months in French Oak Barrels
33% New, 67% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | This is our darkest and most brooding wine with notes of roasted coffee beans, fig, dried cherry, black currant, chai tea, and mocha.
Palate | Rich, powerful, sumptuous texture with flavors of nutmeg, clove, blackberry, salted caramel, and black cherry.
2024 ALEXANA ‘Temperance Hill Vineyard’
Pinot Noir
Eola-Amity Hills – Willamette Valley AVA
Planted in 1981 atop an ancient volcano, Temperance Hill is famed for vibrant Pinot Noir with dark, aromatic fruit, and a signature savory minerality. Farmed by sustainability pioneer Dai Crisp, only a few prized barrels from this legendary site were destined for our single vineyard program.
Clones: Dijon clones 115 and 667
11 months in French Oak Barrels
20% New, 40% Once-filled, 40% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Aromatically bold with a complex mix of blackberry bramble and blueberry, star anise, forest floor, graphite, and parchment. This wine rides the intersection of fruit, floral, and savory notes.
Palate | Intricately textured with taut acid and layers of tannin. Licorice, clove, boysenberry, Rainier cherry, roasted filbert, and cocoa powder notes from the barrels.
2023 ALEXANA ‘Lava lands’ Estate
Pinot Noir
94 Points – Owen Bargreen
2024 Alexana ‘Lava Lands’ Estate
Pinot Noir
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
The oldest vines on the Alexana Estate Vineyard were planted on volcanic soil types – Jory, Witzel, and Nekia. This section of our vineyard yields quintessential Dundee Hills wines characterized by a silky texture and flavors of red fruits and spice. Among our ‘Soil Series,’ the volcanic soils produce wines that are the lightest and most perfumed.
Clones: Wädenswil, Pommard, Coury, Mt. Eden, and Dijon 113, 115, 667, and 777
11 months in French Oak Barrels
21% New, 29% Once-filled, 50% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Cherry kirsch, candied raspberry, warm pomegranate, baked red plum, graphite, leather, ponderosa pine and button mushroom.
Palate | Bright and juicy on the palate with dusty tannin, minerality and a touch of black pepper and cumin. Black cherry and clove on the finish.
2024 Alexana ‘Landslide’ Estate
Pinot Noir
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
A series of ancient landslides redefined the center blocks of the Alexana Estate Vineyard. This convergence and layering of volcanic and marine sedimentary soils produces a wine with the red fruit character and perfume of the East Blocks juxtaposed with the structure and power of the West Blocks.
Clones: Pommard, Dijon 114, and 777
11 months in French Oak Barrels
24% New, 18% Once-filled, 58% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Blueberry compote and rhubarb blend with light tobacco leaf, pine duff, wet soil, raw filberts, spring carrots, white pepper and blood orange.
Palate | Broad, expansive and silky. Persistent finish sizzles with red fruit flavors and cherry fruit leather, savory pine and a saline note.
2024 Alexana ‘MARINE RIDGE’ ESTATE
Pinot Noir
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
The ancient marine sedimentary soils of the West Blocks are located on the steepest, most exposed portion of the vineyard. These conditions produce small berries with thick skins resulting in a wine with power and elegant dark fruit rarely found in the Dundee Hills.
Clones: Dijon 677, La Tâche, Coury, and Pommard
11 months in French Oak Barrels
26% New, 24% Once-filled, 50% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Dark, brambly fruit matches the dark intensity of color. Earthy notes of sandstone, wet sand, oyster shell and morel play off of a touch of salted caramel.
Palate | Powerful and chewy tannin give this layered wine great depth. Raspberry and blackberry mingle with cocoa and clove to give this wine a spicy, fruity finish.
CELLAR SERIES
2024 Alexana ‘SIGNATURE’ ESTATE
PINOT NOIR
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
This year’s Signature is interesting in that it’s a blend of the Lava Lands and Landslide blocks. It shows the brightness and richness of a vintage that finished incredibly warm. It has a slightly lower percent of new oak than 2022 but more usage of second-use oak to maintain the spice and texture we associate with new barrels.
Clones: Coury, Eden, Pommard, Wädenswil, Dijon 113, 114, 667, and 777
16 months in French Oak Barrels
38% New, 31% Once-filled, 31% Second-filled
TASTING NOTES
Nose | luxardo cherry, black licorice, violets, star anise, blood orange
Palate | taut structure with great length, velvety tannin that sizzles on the midpalate, bright cherry finish
2024 Alexana ‘Pommard Clone’ ESTATE
Pinot Noir
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
The Pommard clone is grown in our most prized vineyard blocks, across both volcanic and marine sedimentary soils. The most recognized of the heritage clones that launched the Oregon wine industry, Pommard has come to epitomize the “classic” Oregon Pinot Noir for the past 60 years.
Clones: Pommard
11 months in French Oak Barrels
27% New, 20% Once-filled, 53% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Pomegranate and dried golden fig mingle with cigar box, black pepper and chestnut.
Palate | Refined and dusty tannins lead into an earthy finish with notes of black cherry, leather, and sassafras.
2024 Alexana ‘Heritage clones’ ESTATE
PINOT NOIR
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
A selection of ten barrels of Pinot Noir exclusively from vineyard blocks within the Alexana Estate Vineyard that have been planted to the foundational Oregon heritage clones – Coury, Pommard, Wädenswil, and La Tâche.
Clones: Coury, Pommard, Wädenswil
16 months in French Oak Barrels
23% New, 31% Second fill, 46% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Dark and savory with sandalwood, treacle, orgeat, baked red apple, white strawberry, peony, Christmas spice and tarragon.
Palate | Expansive palate with fine-grained tannin and a long spine. Dried black cherry and plum dominate the finish with juicy acidity keeping every sip persistent.
Add Ons
2025 Alexana ‘Estate Vineyard’
Rosé of Pinot Noir
Dundee Hills – Willamette Valley AVA
A diverse selection of estate Pinot Noir clones are gently macerated and pressed into neutral French oak barrels, rendering a nuanced extraction of color and texture. Slow fermentation occurs in barrel throughout the winter to preserve the pristine aromas unique to the Dundee Hills.
The blocks from which these grapes originate were exclusively designated for rosé production and farmed to maintain fruit acidity, resulting in vibrant, lively flavors reminiscent of watermelon and wild strawberry.
Clones: 41% Block 12 – Dijon Clone 777, 26% Block 17 – Dijon Clone 777, 19% Block 24 – Dijon Clone 777, 14% Block 28 – Coury Clone
4 months in Neutral French Oak Barrels
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Wild strawberry, white peach, nectarine, watermelon
Palate | Bright acidity with a mouth-watering touch of sweetness on the finish. Watermelon and strawberry dominate the juicy finish, which whets the appetite for another sip.
2024 Alexana ‘Gran Moraine Vineyard’
Chardonnay
Yahmill-Carlton – Willamette Valley AVA
Tucked at the wild western edge of the Yamhill-Carlton AVA in the Coast Range sits one of Oregon’s great Chardonnay vineyards, Gran Moraine Vineyard. This is the first year of Gran Moraine where half the Chardonnay fruit was foot treaded and macerated for two hours before being pressed. This technique allows for more extraction of flavors and phenolics from the skins and creates more solids. These solids help protect the wine from oxidation as it spends 15 months in the barrel.
Clones: Dijon Clone 95
15 months in French Oak Barrels
29% New, 14% Once-filled, 57% Second-filled
TASTING NOTES
Nose | White peach, corn silk, balsam, gardenia, and honeycomb
Palate | Round and voluminous – a broad powerful Chardonnay with lemon and tarragon in its wake.
2024 Alexana ‘Signature’
Chardonnay
Willamette Valley AVA
The 2023 vintage is the inaugural inclusion of Kinney Ranch Vineyard into our ‘Signature’ Chardonnay. This vintage finished quite warm in September so it was a race to get our white grapes into the winery early to maintain acidity and brightness. This year also marked the first time we used a large format puncheon (500 liters) on the Chardonnay.
Clones: Dijon Clones 76, 95, 76, 548, 95
15 months in French Oak Barrels
35% New, 5% Once-filled, 60% Second-filled
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Kaffir lime leaf, resin, lychee, pomelo, honeysuckle, flint
Palate | Electric acidity popping with notes of lemon meringue, wet clay, white pepper and treacle. Broad tannin that sizzles on the palate for a long time, making each sip an enduring experience.
2023 Alexana ‘HERITAGE CLONES’ ESTATE
PINOT NOIR
95 Points – Owen Bargreen
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
This is the inaugural release of our Heritage Clones Pinot Noir, a wine that celebrates the clones planted by Oregon wine pioneers in the 1960s and 70s. These historic clones tend to deliver more savory aromas and silky textures as opposed to the Dijon clones, which arrived in the late 1980s and showcase brighter fruit aromas and lighter texture.
Clones: Pommard, Coury, Wädenswil, and La Tâche
11 months in French Oak Barrels
25% New, 25% Second-filled, 50% Neutral
TASTING NOTES
Nose | blueberry and blackberry bramble, wet soil, roasted fennel
Palate | silky tannin with a big presence making for an expansive palate, taut finish, earth, fennel, and cocoa linger long after tasting.
ICON SERIES
This limited-production series from our estate includes the debut of the ‘Madaiah’ Estate Pinot Noir, which is entirely composed of the La Tâche ‘suitcase’ clone from one of Burgundy’s most legendary vineyards. This exquisite three-bottle set also includes two bottles of ‘Best Block’ Estate Pinot Noir, a pivotal bottling that creates the context for the entire 2023 vintage. Alexana members receive guaranteed priority access to this incredible series of wines. Add these micro-production bottlings to your allocation today.
ICON SERIES
2024 Alexana ‘MADAIAH’ ESTATE
PINOT NOIR
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
‘Madaiah’ is a celebration of uncommon origins reflecting the ‘One in a Billion’ life story of Dr. Madaiah Revana. Crafted from four barrels hand-selected by Dr. Revana, it features the prized ‘suitcase clone’ cuttings sourced from the iconic La Tâche monopole. Representing his favorite expression of the vintage, ‘Madaiah’ is reminiscent of the great Pinot Noirs that inspired the founding of Alexana Estate.
Clones: La Tâche and Pommard clones
16 months in French Oak Barrels
20% New, 80% Once-filled
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Complex aromas of white pepper, Rainier cherry, raspberry, Hermiston watermelon, clove, frankincense, blood orange, fig, nutmeg, lavender and cherry blossom.
Palate | Light and airy with a great flow across the palate. White pepper, balsam, sweet cherry, crushed granite, teak wood with a touch of citrus.
2024 Alexana ‘BEST BLOCK – BLOCK 7’ ESTATE
PINOT NOIR
DUNDEE HILLS – WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Each year the our winemakers find inspiration in a single vineyard black at the estate. Unique to the vintage, this ‘best block’ represents the best expression of terroir from that growing season. This year a selection of Pommard clone from Block 7 was our favorite block of wine in the 2024 vintage. This is a truly classic representation of Pommard grown in the Dundee Hills on volcanic soils. While approachable now, this wine will benefit from serious aging showing the best balance of earth and fruit and silky texture.
Clone: Pommard Clone
16 months in French Oak Barrels
80% Neutral, 20% New French Oak
TASTING NOTES
Nose | Classic Oregon Pinot Noir accented with a touch of smokiness. Baking chocolate, pine sap, frangipane, rose hips, fig jam and cardamom blend together in this complex aroma.
Palate | Rich, sumptuous texture. An incredible push across the palate dominated by flavors of White pepper spice, a touch of caramel, wet slate, char, and Indian spices.
PREVIOUS RELEASE TASTING NOTES
(Printable PDFs)
2026 Single Vineyard Tasting Notes
2025 Soil Series Tasting Notes
2024 Soil Series Tasting Notes
Single Vineyard Allocation – February 2024 (Printable PDF)
2023 Fall Release Tasting Notes
2023 Fall Add-on: 2021 ‘Crawford Beck’ Pinot Noir
2023 April Release Tasting Notes: Red
2023 April Release Tasting Notes: Whites
2023 Spring Add-on: 2022 Rosé of Pinot Noir
2023 Winter Add-on: 2015 Black Label
2023 Winter Release Tasting Notes
2022 Fall Add-on
2022 Fall Release Tasting Notes
