2021 Love & Squalor Reserve Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley

This limited 102-case bottling is a blended barrel selection from Temperance Hill Vineyard in Eola-Amity AVA, Arlyn Vineyard in the Chehelam AVA and Gemini Vineyard in the Laurelwood District. These are all top-notch organic sites that never disappoint. During the blending process, there are always a handful of barrels that are quiet but show great promise. We separate those samples and blind taste through the blending process to make this wine.

The 2021 is more delicate than our regular Pinot Noir Willamette Valley bottling but has a core of great personality and longevity. It is earthy with big fruits and aromatic market spices. - 91 points, Michael Alberty Wine Enthusiast 

Held back prior to release, this is the newest and latest Reserved from L&S. Four barrels are selected for the blend, yielding a wine with a darker profile of black fruits touched with highlights of charred wood. At the core is a generous serving of black cherry fruit, balanced against proportionate acids and ripe tannins. Tasted with the winery’s regular Pinot (from 2022), this is the bigger and darker wine, a wine I’d drink over the next half decade. I look forward to the 2022 Reserved.” 100 cases; 14%; (Willamette Valley)
- Paul Gregutt 92 points