2022 Poco Vineyard Pinot Noir

$55.00

fruits take flight on
wings of a halcyon bird
concentric layered grace

Poco Vineyard sits in the tops of the western part of the Eola Amity Hills at 725 ft in elevation with a slight camber to the northwest.  Soil here is basaltic Jory and Nekia and fruit is lush and broad, producing succulent and juicy wines of charm and character. 

Farming is carried out by owner Craig Hudson a recovering design engineer and lifelong STEM activist who has mentored many a kid keen on robotics.  Putting that engineering street cred to work at home & vineyard, Craig is not off the grid but supplementing it, with a homespun solar array that produces enough power to cover the family’s domestic needs as well as donate power credits to a low-income assistance program.  He also drives a solar powered car.  But not just any car – a Destiny 2000 from the Naked Gun movies, aka that 1986 Pontiac Fiero covered in solar panels, that he rebuilt himself.

TASTING NOTES

The 2022 Poco Vineyard Pinot Noir is a song and a flight and a winged bird descending in ever softening circles.  It’s notched and grooved and then worn smooth like an ancient mahogany balustrade, supple in the hands of time.  It’s a sun slanted summers eve, long shadowed and reaching across an expanse strewn with cherries, raspberries and huckleberries with a chocolate dip cone shell that melts on contact into sarsaparilla and violets and incense spice.  It’s a welcome gesture, a handheld out, a charmed memory worth grasping.