Archery Summit Winery

Our search to produce world-class Pinot Noir led us to the Dundee Hills of Oregon. Our Pinot Noirs are made from both our oldest Pommard vines, Dijon, and Wädenswil clones. Our hillside vineyards, which are planted with up to 4,800 vines per acre, are tended exclusively by our crew of dedicated vineyard workers. Our narrowly spaced estate vineyards are planted in volcanic Jory soil and are on east, southeast and southwest facing slopes. We have planted Dijon clones 113, 114, 115, 667 and 777 on selected rootstocks in high-density vineyard blocks to complement our older self-rooted Pommard and Wädenswil vines. We have four vineyard Estates: Arcus Estate, Red Hills Estate, Renegade Ridge Estate and Archery Summit Estate located in the Dundee Hills AVA, and our Looney Vineyard located in the Ribbon Ridge AVA. Warm days and cool nights in Oregon produce wines with succulent texture and generous, expressive fruit.

All our fruit is hand-picked and harvested. The fermentation is conducted in both stainless steel and wooden open-top fermenters utilizing an average of 15% whole clusters. The fruit is hand-sorted and soaked cold for 5 to 10 days, after which native yeast fermentation is allowed to proceed under temperature controlled conditions. During primary fermentation, tanks are punched down one to three times per day. After limited post fermentation maceration, the wine was sent via gravity to 65-87% new French oak Francois Freres, Rousseau, Damy, Sirugue, and Sylvain barrels, and remained there for eight to sixteen months prior to bottling.