Kelley Fox ‘Maresh Vineyard’ Pinot Noir 2014
$125.00 inc. GST
AROMA: Wild raspberry, sour cherry and a hint of cranberry, a floral lift of violet and a faint orange‑zest brightness.
PALATE: Delicate cola and light earth, fine spicy clove from judicious oak, mineral tension. Tannins are fine‑grained and supportive rather than dominant; acidity is lively, carrying a long, gently savory finish with lingering red fruit.
FOOD MATCH: Peking duck pancakes.
Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
Drinking window: 2025-2032
Alc. 13, 40%
44 in stock
Description
Kelley Fox Wines is a small winery created in 2007 along with my father, Gerson “Gus” Stearns. Kelley has lived in the Willamette Valley since the late 80’s. The first vintage (2007) started with just over 100 cases. The annual case production is now around 5500 cases, from vineyards including the historic Maresh Vineyard (1970-1991 vine ages), Hyland Vineyard (through 2019), Freedom Hill Vineyard, Weber Vineyard (1983 and 1988 Pinot), Durant Vineyard (Chardonnay, Pinot gris, and starting in 2022, Pinot noir), Dux Vineyard (Chardonnay), Carter Vineyard (1983 old vine), and Canary Hill Vineyard.
Full-time, year-round, on-the-floor Oregon Pinot noir winemaker since 2000. My education includes a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Biology from Texas AM University. I graduated Magna Cum Laude with dual degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Oregon State University and was admitted to the PhD program in Biochemistry. Her winemaking experience includes Torii Mor, Hamacher, The Eyrie Vineyards, and ten years as winemaker at Scott Paul Wines (August 2005 to about mid-April 2015). Since then, I have happily worked for my own winery exclusively. Starting with the harvest of 2018, I have been producing my wines at the winery of dear, longtime friends, Ann and Dean Fisher of ADEA Wine Company. The wines are made to reflect the land, the vines, the fruit of the vines, the year, and everything else unknown and unseen that comes with those things. They are Oregon wines, and hopefully, they are wines specifically of their vineyards. That said, the wines are not really “made” at all.
Bright red. A sexy, highly perfumed bouquet evokes fresh red berries, incense and allspice, and a zesty mineral note adds urgency. Juicy, appealingly sweet and lithe for the vintage, offering intense raspberry, cherry and spicecake flavors and a hint of candied flowers on the back half. Delivers solid punch but comes off graceful, showing no rough edges on the impressively long, sweet, red-fruit-driven finish.
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Reviews / Ratings / Awards
Wine Enthusiast
Kelley Fox ‘Maresh Vineyard’ Pinot Noir 2014 – 94 / 100 Points
This tiny hands-on artisanal producer has a particular gift for expressing the fruit of the Maresh vineyard, which was originally planted 45 years ago. This new release is elegant and aromatic, with precise details throughout. Fresh raspberries, light chocolate, a hint of nougat and persistent length are all part of the equation.
– Paul Gregutt
