Gothic Wine - "Maelstrom" Pinot Noir 2021

Gothic Wine was founded in 2009 by master sommelier, Josh Nadel. After decades working in New York City in the food and wine industry, Josh set out to craft elegant, Old-World-style wines. Relationships with top wineries built through his wine experience and years of travel brought Josh to the Pacific Northwest, specifically Oregon’s Willamette Valley. In its 15 years of existence, Gothic Wine has produced an extensive lineup of Burgundian varietal wines, along with an extremely popular rosé.

The Gothic Maelstrom Pinot Noir is sourced from Shea Vineyard in Yamhill-Carlton. Brooding aromatics waft from the glass, offering deep notes of dark red fruits on the nose complemented with touches of fresh herbs and vanilla. The palate is packed with ripe red fruit — cherry, pomegranate, raspberry — marked with earth and a light dusting of spice. This Pinot has a remarkable acidity that uplifts those fruit flavors and helps ferry them through to an enduring finish. Delicious with a purée of mushroom soup, wild boar pasta or venison medallions with whipped potatoes.