THE WINES
“LA” prefixed to the Latin “VINEA”, meaning ‘of the vine, or of the vineyard.’
LAVINEA’s wines express the unique voice of each vineyard site.
Our wines are very limited, due in part to the fact we did not produce a 2020 vintage. Online access to our Library vintages is reserved exclusively for our CRU members.
Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley AVA
Pale ruby with a bit of blue. Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher and cherry yogurt. Bright and fresh and vibrant. Just a touch of vanilla. Textural and glycerol. A slight bit of charcuterie rind. Linear acid. Medium, soft tannin. Needs time in bottle. 93 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details>
Pale ruby with a bit of blue. Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher and cherry yogurt. Bright and fresh and vibrant. Just a touch of vanilla. Textural and glycerol. A slight bit of charcuterie rind. Linear acid. Medium, soft tannin. Needs time in bottle. 93 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details>
Tualatin Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley AVA
Palate-staining red and blue fruit and blood orange flavors take on floral pastille and licorice notes with aeration. This wine shows impressive depth but no excess weight. Finishes impressively long and vibrant, with silky tannins and resonating floral and spice nuances. 95 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous ALSO 94 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details >
In an ample and yet energetic style, offering sweet cherry pie, black raspberry and spicecake flavors that unfurl slowly through the back half. Dusty tannins add grip to the long, focused finish, which strongly echoes the berry and spice notes. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
The clarity and depth of fruit from these 45-year-old vines is beautifully showcased here. It’s an elegant, focused and captivating mix of rose water, raspberry and cherry, with highlights of orange peel and bergamot tea. Everything is in perfect harmony and really captures the delicate power of the grape. Editor’s Choice 94 Points Wine Enthusiast. More Details >
Juicy, appealingly sweet and lively for the vintage, offering concentrated raspberry, cherry liqueur and spice cake flavors that show impressive lift and tension on the back half. Delivers a solid punch of flavor and comes off impressively graceful for its depth, showing no rough edges on the extremely long, mineral-driven finish. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Juicy and energetic on the palate, offering appealingly sweet raspberry, cherry and rose pastille flavors and a touch of bitter chocolate. In a fresh, exuberant style. The very long, gently tannic, lively finish echoes the blood orange note. 93 points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Shows outstanding clarity and depth, offering sappy raspberry, spicecake and floral pastille flavors underscored by a vein of juicy acidity. Finishes impressively long and sweet, delivering silky, harmonious tannins and emphatic, floral-driven persistence. This wine’s blend of richness and vivacity is really compelling. 93 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous. More Details >
Nysa Vineyard Pinot Noir
Dundee Hills AVA
Once again, I was struck by the poise and focus of lsabelle Meunier’s Pinot Noirs. Her wines are built to age but are not forbidding nor strict. The 2019s may be the most graceful Pinots she has made so far… Josh Raynolds, Vinous; Oregon’s 2019 Pinot Noirs – A Return to Classicism February 2022 More Details>
Silky and seamless on the palate, offering expansive red and blue fruit, floral pastille and spicecake flavors supported by a core of juicy acidity. Shows impressive delineation and finishes very long and minerally, with smooth tannins and an echo of candied flowers and cherry. 95 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Expressive and refined, with violet and savory black tea aromas that open to sleekly layered cherry, river stone and spice flavors. Drink now through 2025. 93 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details >
Silky, seamless and sweet on the palate; lively acidity and floral notes provide energy and lift to the concentrated red fruit liqueur, spicecake and floral pastille flavors. Blends power and delicacy with a sure hand and finishes extremely long, featuring zesty minerality and fine-grained tannins that sneak in late. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Ripe, full, smooth and rich, this deftly expresses the black-cherry fruit that typifies this exceptional AVA. As with the entire Lavinea lineup, this wine captures a diverse and complex range of fruits within its core flavors. It also has an iron spine, a vein of licorice, and a whiff of rosemary. 92 Points Paul Gregutt, Wine Enthusiast More Details >
Elton Vineyard Pinot Noir
Eola-Amity Hills AVA
Bright and focused on the palate, offering sappy red and dark berry liqueur, savory herb and floral pastille flavors that deepen as the wine opens up. Finely etched tannins frame the impressively long, spice-tinged finish, which shows fine clarity and lingering floral and musky earth notes. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous ALSO 94 points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details >
Savory and elegantly dynamic, with a handsome structure to the layers of raspberry and black cherry flavors accented by forest floor and dusky spice, finishing with medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2030. 94 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details >
Shows impressive depth as well as energy on the palate, offering appealingly sweet, mineral-laced cherry and red berry flavors and a touch of spicecake. Finishes sappy, focused and impressively long, with repeating blood orange and floral nuances and gently chewy tannins. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Shows excellent delineation and energetic lift in the mouth, offering powerful raspberry preserve, bitter cherry flavors and a suggestion of spicecake. Finishes with a jolt of juicy acidity, building sweetness and silky tannins, leaving succulent red berry and floral notes behind, eventually. 95 points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Silky, seamless and appealingly sweet; a touch of peppery spice adds bite to the concentrated raspberry and cherry liqueur flavors. Takes a turn to darker fruit with air and finishes impressively long, displaying excellent clarity and velvety tannins that add shape. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Juicy and deeply concentrated yet lithe, offering sweet black raspberry, cherry cola and floral pastille flavors and a refreshing jolt of peppery spices. The strikingly long, focused finish features resonating florality and supple tannins that fold effortlessly into the clinging, sappy fruit. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous, 93 Points & Cellar Selection Wine Enthusiast More Details >
Elton Vineyard Chardonnay
Eola-Amity Hills AVA
Aromas of lemon tea, lavender and chamomile. Medium-bodied and delicate, but with structure and length. Nuanced mineral character adds
dimension to the citrus fruit. Elegant. 93 Points James Suckling, JAMESSUCKLING.COM More Details >
Laser-focused and structured, with lemongrass and apple flavors laced with mint and spice notes that expand on the savory finish. 93 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details >
Shows superb depth and fine delineation, offering vibrant orange, Anjou pear, sweet butter and anise flavors that tighten up slowly on the back half. Powerful yet graceful in style, displaying superb focus and minerally thrust on an impressively long finish that features lingering floral and orange pith flourishes. 95 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Palate-staining citrus and orchard fruit flavors show impressive depth and complicating suggestions of honeysuckle, brioche and chalky minerals. Densely packed and energetic in style, finishing with superb clarity and strong, mineral and floral persistence. These vines were planted in 1993. 95 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Juicy and expansive on the palate, offering densely packed yet lively orchard and citrus fruit and sweet butter flavors and a nervy suggestion of gingery spices. Shows impressive energy and mineral cut on the clinging finish, which features a suave floral quality and a touch of oyster shell. The blend of power and finesse here is quite something. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Powerful and deeply concentrated yet vibrant as well, finishing extremely long and sappy, featuring impressively persistent floral and mineral flourishes. 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir
Eola-Amity Hills AVA
A dynamic red that’s refined but distinctive, with expressive raspberry, clove and other dusky and smoky spices. Builds richness on the savory finish. 95 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator ALSO 94 Points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
Impeccably structured and savory, with black cherry and savory underbrush notes that show hints of smoked meat, building tension and richness on the way to medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2030. 94 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details >
Among the finest examples (among dozens made) of this iconic vineyard’s wines, this opens with sweet spices around rich blackberry fruit, wrapped in a swath of caramel. Further accents of thyme and tarragon add aromatic and flavor interest, as the wine penetrates through a full midpalate and into an extended finish. It’s a robust, expressive mix of fruit and herb, with silky tannins. Drink now–2030. 95 Points & Cellar Selection Paul Gregutt, Wine Enthusiast More Details >
Dynamic and structured, with expressive smoky meat and black cherry aromas and layered dark plum, licorice and stony mineral flavors that persist toward well-buffed tannins. Drink now through 2025. 94 Points Tim Fish, Wine Spectator More Details >
Impressively concentrated yet lithe on the palate, offering sweet, mineral-laced raspberry, cherry cola, rose pastille and spicecake flavors that spread out steadily with air. Delivers a suave blend of power and finesse and finishes with harmonious tannins, outstanding clarity and intense, floral-driven persistence. 95 points Josh Raynolds, Vinous More Details >
