Tendril Cellars

130 West Monroe Street Carlton Oregon 97111 US

Tendril Cellars 2016 Tendril Pretender White Pinot Noir

Information

Winemaker Tasting Notes

The nose is exotic and enticing, with aromas of early season strawberry, white peach, cream, slight quince and bosc pear. The palate is rich and round showing pear compote, quince paste, shaved cucumber and peaches and cream with a long, viscous finish.

Wine Data

Varietal Composition
  • 100% White Pinot Noir
AVA

  • 100% Willamette Valley

    Sub-appelation Composition
    • 100% Chehalem Mountains
Aging and Cooperage
16 months in primarily neutral French oak barrels; 0% new
Bottled
February 2018
Cases Produced
121

Enjoy

Tendril wines are made “low and slow,” just like great food: we give them time to reach their full potential at the winery, aging 16 months minimum in barrel and 6-18 months more in bottle before release.  If you prefer aging, 3-10 years from vintage date is ideal for Pretender. Serve chilled at 50-55F or after 30 minutes in the fridge.

Pairings

broiled lake trout with lemon, ginger chicken satay, or salmon sashimi.

Our vision is “slow wine.” Everything we do is towards the best possible wines and it simply takes more time: continual interaction with vineyard, adaptive winemaking, separate small-lot fermentations, and longer aging. It is a process rather than a production, and not always successful.

We offer three different options for our wine club family, named for three of our wines: Extrovert, TightRope and C~Note.

Tendril Wine Cellars offers intimate seated tasting experiences. These are in-depth experience for all your senses tasting a minimum of five to six wines.

We are pleased to offer seatings outside on our lawn (weather permitting), on our covered terrace around our fire pits, or inside our tasting room. Reservations are highly recommended, however we welcome walk-ins when possible.

We’re happy to hear that you’re interested in purchasing our wine. We ship to adults in most U.S. states. Please select a wine to add it to your cart.

We love visitors, although it’s always best to book ahead as our winemaker-led tastings require some preparation.

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Holiday Hours

Our tasting room will be closed December 18 through January 2. We wish you and your loved ones Happy Holidays and look forward to sharing our wines with you in the New Year.

Happy Holidays from Tony, Diane and the Tendril family!