Purple Hands Wines
Here's a list of our current and past vintages. In-stock wines can be purchased directly through us online, otherwise our wines can be found in wine shops and restaurants all over the country.
2008 Purple Hands Oregon Red Blend
This blend has the character and the elegance of Bordeaux varieties of the Languedoc region in southern France. The structure integrates, not letting the fruit over power its terrior. The fruit power lingers as this wine evolves in the mouth, with the fruit soon showing its power and melding elegantly with its structured back bone. This blend is focused and soft with Dundee Hills Pinot lingering on just as you think the palette is finished. Their is the Pinot introduction and finish, the Syrah mid fruit palette and the Merlot body.
Blend composition: 15% Pinot Noir: Holstein Vineyard, Dundee Hills Ava, 35% Syrah, 50% Merlot: Del Rio Vineyard, Rogue Valley AVA.
Harvest: Hand Picked and sorted Pinot Noir: 9/28/09, Syrah and Merlot 10/07/09
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Price $17.99 each (case discounts available)
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2007 Purple Hands Blend
The key to any great blend is harmony. We strive for flavors that unravel in layers rather than a jumble of flavors that compete for your attention. The three grape varieties in this blend mesh seamlessly to create a wine of unique personality and depth. We have a hard time describing this wine as either light, medium, or full bodied, because it has a tendency to be all three at once. There is focus and elegance on the front palate, a weighty earth-driven middle, and then firm tannins help to propel a long and lengthy finish. Notes of black cherry, plums, chocolate and earth are all complimented with food-friendly acidity.
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85% Oregon Merlot, 10% Oregon Pinot Noir, 5% Cabernet Franc Price $17.99 each (case discounts available) ~ SOLD OUT ~ |
2007 Purple Hands Tech Sheet 2007 Purple Hands Shelf Talker (Trade)
2007 Purple Hands Pinot Noir
These grapes were hand-harvested, then put through a rigorous sorting line. Only the most promising fruit was kept, and those bunches unable to hack it were cruelly reject- ed. After Crush, we employed a number of different styles and soaks with the juice to make sure that we could achieve a decent depth of flavor in the face of what promised to be a light vintage. By using very cold temperatures and carefully monitoring the must, we extending soaks on the skins. After fermenting with one of our favorite yeast strains we conducted a post-maceration cold soak to maximize extraction and get that depth that we were looking for.
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100% Oregon Pinot Noir Price: $40.00 each SOLD OUT |
2007 Purple Hands Pinot Noir Tech Sheet
2006 Purple Hands
The Merlot for this blend comes from Del Rio Vineyard in the Rogue Valley, while the Pinot Noir is from Carter Vineyard, in the Willamette Valley, Eola Hills AVA. Both vineyards are some of the top sites in their respective AVAs. A 7 day maceration at very cool temperatures ensured great extraction and plenty of fruit on the front palate. It was aged in neutral French oak barrels to keep the oak influence to a minimum.
This year's Purple Hands offering has a powerful fruit and earth structure. Marionberry, cherry and raspberry all layer the smooth front palate, while the gentle tannin and dark earth mid-palate finish with lengthy chocolate cream. The nose blossoms of roses and thyme, finishing with dark soil. The silky and powerful frame of this wine will pair well with everything from home-made pastas and roasted red meats to more exotic dishes like steamed mussels and pan roasted duck.
Drink now or cellar though 2018. 500 cases made.
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Wine Blend: 90% Oregon Merlot, 10% Oregon Pinot Noir Price $17.99 each 10% off 6-11 bottles, 15% off 12+ bottles SOLD OUT |
2005 Purple Hands
The intensity of aromas in this wine is truly exciting - deep marionberry and gentle vanilla creme along side an earthy, mineral framework. The flavors are a smooth and refreshing blend of juicy blueberry preserves, a touch of cedar and a mellow center complimented by just the right amount of tannin. This Purple Hands wine has a nice silky texture. Feel free to pair it with everything from chocolate to chateaubriand with garlic mashed potatoes.
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Wine Blend: 95% Oregon Merlot, 5% Oregon Pinot Noir
Price $17.99 each 10% off 6-11 bottles, 15% off 12+ bottles SOLD OUT |