Dukes Family Vineyards Alyssa Pinot Noir 2006

Since their first release in 2005, this brand has been steadily gaining a loyal following. The 2006 offering is one of the most exciting new releases that we’ve seen in quite a while. It doesn’t hurt that their vineyard has a wide range of clonal diversity and soil types stretching over the 50 plus acre site. This wine is also, sadly, one of the last wines that Gary Andrus made before he passed away this winter. In my humble opinion, it is truly one of the highlight wines of his long and distinguished career. I have no doubt that you will start to hear much more about this winery once the national media has a chance to taste and experience it. The flavor spectrum ranges from bright raspberry to darker, spicier notes. Fragrant flowers, faint tobacco and leather notes all dance beautifully together in the nose. The balance is perfect – not an easy feat for a warm vintage coupled with a fairly young vineyard!

Dukes Family Vineyards Alyssa Pinot Noir 2006