Lost Coastlines 2021

From the moment we launched the winery, we knew we’d make Pinot Noir…eventually. There had to be a compelling reason to add our voice to the chorus of Oregon Pinot producers—and in 2021 we finally secured access to a vineyard that was special enough to end our holdout.

Lost Coastlines hails from Fir Crest Vineyard—a site that we believe to be the most interesting in all of the prestigious Yamhill-Carlton AVA, but whose reputation hadn’t yet caught up to its quality. Robert Moshier’s vineyard takes the marine-sedimentary soils that the appellation is known for, but its proximity to the coast makes it significantly cooler than most of the more famous vineyards nearby.

That means a wine with a intriguing dialectic between dark color and lively acidity, between red and black fruits, all laced with a distinct edge of rosemary and thyme. It’s a structured bottle that’s built for the cellar—perhaps less playful than our other reds, but with a tremendously compelling personality.

Fir Crest responds beautifully to whole-cluster fermentation, and we avoided masking any of the site’s personality with new oak. 120 cases were produced, though we are earmarking a chunk of those for our library already.