Rex Hill Jacob-Hart Vineyard Pinot Noir Chehalem Mountains

Chehalem Mountains, USA

Rex Hill's Jacob-Hart Vineyard Pinot Noir is Chehalem Mountains at its most structured: 40+ year old vines on volcanic Jory soil over basalt, producing Pinot Noir of unusual linear precision for Oregon. Medium ruby with dark cherry, blackcurrant, dried herbs, volcanic mineral, and a savoury earthiness from the basalt soils. The wine has more backbone than Dundee Hills Pinot — firmer, more structured, and developing extraordinary complexity over 8-15 years of aging. One of Oregon's most site-specific Pinot expressions.

Pairing intelligence

• starter: Rex Hill Jacob-Hart's volcanic mineral and dark cherry character finds an elegant Oregon pairing with roasted beet and goat's cheese — the wine's earthy mineral bridges the beet's deep sweetness while the Pinot's structure complements the goat cheese's acid. Hazelnuts echo the wine's volcanic mineral dimension; herb vinaigrette amplifies the Pinot's herbal aromatic freshness. A Chehalem Mountains pairing of elegant regional identity.
• main: Rex Hill Jacob-Hart's structured Chehalem Mountains Pinot — with its dark cherry and volcanic mineral character — achieves a compelling Pacific Northwest lamb pairing. The wine's firmer structure than typical Oregon Pinot supports the lamb's richness; chimichurri's herb intensity bridges the wine's herbal aromatic dimension; white bean ragout provides the earthy, starchy base the Pinot's mineral backbone integrates into.