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 90 Points  The Wine Advocate 

"The 2009 Pinot Noir Dukes Family Vineyards offers up an expressive bouquet of wood smoke, spice box, rose petal, and assorted red fruits. Velvety textured, nicely proportioned, and lengthy, it has enough ripe tannin to evolve for 1 – 2 years and will provide optimal drinking from 2012 to 2019." Wine Advocate October 2011

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Our Thoughts on this wine....."Cherry on the nose. Juicy and light on its feet, offering tangy red fruit flavors and notes of cola and star anise. Shows very good intensity with no excess weight and finishes elegant and long."

The Story in Their Words ……

Ar’ti· san· al: def. A product made by skilled craft person

"At Artisanal Wine Cellars we take our inspiration from the American Arts and Crafts movement, where the vision was to produce hand crafted products based on honesty and simplicity. The American Arts and Crafts movement focused on the structure and nature of materials and the details of the design and construction.

Our goal is to make wines that express the sum of the vineyard, the winegrower, and the winemaker. We work with small winegrowers in different viticultural areas of the Willamette Valley that have unique microclimates. This produces fruit which is a true expression of Oregon viticulture. As winemakers we use modern equipment to gently process the fruit in small lots. At every step we strive to let the best qualities of the vineyard’s fruit lead our winemaking. From the length of the cold soak, to the strains of yeast used, how we press the grapes, and the type of barrels used for aging, we let the wine lead our choices.

We are truly blessed to live and work in Oregon where the bounties of the earth are so great. While we revel in the wondrous technology that allows us to interact with winemakers from around the world, sharing knowledge and techniques, we are first and foremost dedicated to making Oregon wines.

To us wine is about something shared, the flavors of the vineyard and the touch of the winemaker, that is brought to your table to enjoy over a meal with friends and family."   Tom & Patricia Feller.

About the Dukes Family Vineyard

Pat and Jackie Dukes consider themselves to be conservators of the land. As such, they use low impact and ecologically sound sustainable practices in farming their vineyard, minimizing chemical and fertilizer use. Planted between 1996 and 2006, their vineyard sits on the back side of Walnut Hill at the north end of the Eola-Amity Hills AVA. The south facing slope ranges in elevation from 260 to 560 feet. The primary soil types at Dukes are Willakenzie clay loam of sandstone origin and Yamhill silt loam of volcanic origin and the depth of flavors produced by these vines is truly astounding. It is a joy to work with winegrowers who have such passion and integrity in all they do.