Displaying a glorious medium rose-orange color in the bottle, the 2023 Laughing Pig Rosé from Big Table Farm is a rich, decadent Rosé that is all yellow peach, bing cherry essence, and apricot pit in the glass alongside creamy tones and dried herbs. It finishes rounded across the breadth of the palate. 2024-2030

This beautiful new 2023 ‘Laughing Pig’ Rose was stored in neural barrels for several months after bottling. Texturally beautiful, this offers red rose water, pretty cran-cherry, pomegranate seed and Satsuma orange zest on the palate. Fresh and lithe, with a polished texture, this is an incredible wine that is showing brilliantly in its bright youth. Drink 2024-2030

The 2023 Rose Laughing Pig opens with a burst of zesty citrus and sweet herbs, giving way to wild strawberries. It opens with a lovely inner sweetness as crisp acidity adds a cascading effect to its tart wild berry fruits. It finishes with dramatic length yet remains remarkably fresh, with hints of confectionary spice contrasted by a tinge of candied lime. At times behaving more like a red than a Rose, the 2023 is fantastic. – Eric Guido

A beautiful Pink hue announces this rosé of Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley. Pretty aromas of sweet peach fuzz and cherry popsicles alight from the glass, followed by a hint of fresh basil. The palate delights with bright cranberry, a squeeze of blood orange and a backbone of crushed slate minerality that carries a long and lively finish. The vibrant acidity carries the alcohol well. - Clive Pursehouse

A fabulous vin gris, Pinot Gris is made like their Pinot Noir: ‘We ferment it as we do the Pinot - throw it in a fermenter, stomp on it, and let it go.’ Airy notes of peach fuzz, beeswax and dried lilac. The palate offers honeyed apricots, wild mountain herbs and a crisp, clean finish led by juicy, ripe grapefruit pulp.- Clive Pursehouse

Big Table Farm 2023 Pinot Gris (Vetch label) – This is a simple yet unique wine. “We ferment it as we do the Pinot Noir”, Claire Carver writes, “throw it in a fermenter, stomp on it, and let it go!” Lovely aromas of dried orange peel and crushed flowers are the entry point to a dense and detailed palate with kumquat, tangerine, Meyer lemon, candied citrus and breakfast tea suffusing the tannins. An extraordinary effort, unique among a plethora of good Pinot Gris that come from Oregon. This is a wine that must be pondered awhile to best be appreciated. 125 cases; 12.5%.

An alluring pale coppery pink in the glass, this wine smells of berries and flowers. In the mouth, crabapples and berries mix with citrus pith and dried herbs while juicy acidity keeps the saliva flowing as the wine moves across the palate. Wonderfully bright and herbal, with some fresh herbs joining the dried as the wine finishes. Excellent. - Alder Yarrow

A fantastic new release at a highly reasonable price, the 2022 Big Table Farm ‘The Wild Bee’ Chardonnay was sourced from a range of vineyards that span the Willamette Valley. The nose shows toasted hazelnut tones alongside bright pear, buttered sourdough bread and green melon accents. Fresh and lively, with good tension and weight, with a lengthy finish, this is classy Oregon Chardonnay that is a serious value. Drink 2024-2032- 93

Apisoir, a word used to describe the terroir of honey, suggests The Wild Bee has been buzzing around carnations, tangerines and tart green melons. Those aromas and flavors are joined by traces of honey butter and cashews. The wine's elevated acidity and clean, brisk mouthfeel will revive the most jaded of palates. — Michael Alberty

Palest greenish gold in color, this wine smells of sweet candied lemon and jasmine flowers. In the mouth, bright lemon oil and lemon curd flavors are shot through with jasmine floral notes, as silky texture wraps vibrant acidity. Wonderfully bright and balanced, with a hint of saltiness in the finish underneath that sweet lemon floral aroma. Very lovely.

This lovely white is fresh and supple, offering pear and lemon flavors, with a hint of spiced nuts on the lingering finish. Drink now.

This 2022 Wild Bee is a combination of all 7 vineyards that Big Table Farm works within the Willamette Valley. It is always one of my favorites, and at $36, it’s a steal. Bountiful aromas of white peach, freshly sliced apples, kiwi fruit, and toasted tree nuts spill from the glass. The herbal and zippy finish combine with a sturdy backbone acidity to complete the wine. About 490 cases were made. 2024-2030

A pale yellow color, the 2022 Chardonnay The Wild Bee reveals aromas of beeswax, yellow flowers, melon, and lemon custard. Medium to full-bodied, it has a creamy, rounded texture, with good length and hints of vanilla lasting on the clean finish. It is a pretty and delicately decadent wine to drink over the next 5-6 years. -Audrey Frick

The 2022 Chardonnay the Wild Bee is wildly vibrant with a mix of lemon zest and sweet mint complementing freshly sliced nectarine. This is full of energy with a burst of sour citrus and flinty minerals that cascades across the palate as ripe orchard fruits settle on the senses, all enlivened by a core of vibrant acidity. The 2022 cleans up remarkably well, crisp and refreshing, leaving a salty tinge that calls the taster back to the glass. -Eric Guido

The buzzing of the wild bee is felt in the honeyed aromatics that jump from the glass. Notes of apricot flesh, sweet flower pollen, and dried white flowers announce a depth and complexity to this Chardonnay. The palate delivers rich pear flavours. Hints of almond skin and lemon verbena are buoyed by cardamom and white tea leaves. Delicious, intricacy is balanced against ample fruit. Clive Pursehouse

A fantastic example of why the Eola-Amity Hills may prove to be America's best Chardonnay appellation, a combination of mineral concentration, depth of ripe fruit and brilliant acidity, all accompanied by the Eola-Amity spice that has become a signature of the Chardonnays here. Aromas of white tea, honeyed nectarine flesh and ginger alongside a pique of saline oyster shell. The palate shows a bracing note of salted lemon, chipped flint minerality and almond pastry cream, showing the yin and yang of this wine's complex texture. Rich, ripe stone fruits and a kiss of Madagascar vanilla bean carry the finish.- Clive Pursehouse

Big Table Farm 2022 Chardonnay (Honeybee label) – Bieze and X-Omni fruit combines here, producing a quintessential Eola-Amity Hills style. It’s full, firm, supple and refreshing, with layers of apple, tarragon and lemon rind, finishing with a touch of grapefruit and wet rock. The concentration is impressive. Tasted alongside the Yamhill-Carlton Chardonnay it’s clearly differentiated, and the two styles are complementary. I won't say one is better, just different. On first taste I slightly preferred the Y-C; after 24 hours this wine slipped ahead. Fun stuff! 92 cases; 13.3%.

Pale greenish gold in color, this wine smells of lemon pith, Meyer lemon zest, and pink grapefruit. In the mouth, wonderfully bright lemon pith and grapefruit juice flavors mix with a touch of toasted bread and a whiff of butterscotch, as very good acidity makes for a brisk experience. Notes of white flowers and orange peel linger in the finish. Excellent.

Edgy and exemplary, this Chardonnay blends two Yamhill-Carlton vineyards, Yates Conwil and Quandary. The April frost in 2022 dramatically impacted the former, and the early budding nature of Chardonnay meant that the yield was cut in half. The result is lean, linear and oh-so-fresh. Aromatics of lemon curd dance alongside chamomile, white tea leaves and ocean spray. The palate is crisp and mineral, with briny sea shells framing salted lemon wedges, Granny Smith apples, and almond cream.- Clive Pursehouse

Big Table Farm 2022 Chardonnay (Blossom label) – This strikes me as a nice advance in style for this wine, which despite lower finished alcohol has more concentration, density and depth than I can recall in previous vintages. BTF makes a number of Chardonnays, and this moves closer to the companion Eola-Amity bottling in style and power. It’s a dazzling effort that shows technicolor flavors right from the start. Citrus, peach, apple, pear, butterscotch, almond butter, toasted hazelnuts, ground coffee and on and on. Delicious start to finish. 92 cases; 12.6%.

Palest gold in color, this wine smells of lemon pith and resinous aromatic herbs like verbena and rosemary. In the mouth, flavors of lemon curd and lemon pith mix with pink grapefruit and a touch of verbena. Delicate, filigreed acidity builds sneakily as the wine lingers in the mouth. 12.9% alcohol.

Plush and seductive, with elegantly complex flavors of honey blossoms, pear and lemon that build richness on the long finish. Drink now through 2026.

The top Chardonnay made by Big Table Farm, the ‘Elusive Queen’ is made from less than 5% of their Chardonnay production, as this is a barrel select wine. White peach and honeysuckle notes mark the nose alongside Japanese pear and salty minerals. The palate is seamless and beautifully textured, capturing light toasty oak accents that mingle well with the generous citrus and orchard fruit flavors. A gorgeous bottling to consume now, this has both the weight and pose to cellar well for another fifteen years to come. Drink 2024-2038

The 2022 Chardonnay Elusive Queen pours a bright pale yellow/silver color and offers a floral profile in its notes of lilac, pear, citrus blossoms, parmesan, and powdery earth. Medium-bodied, it has a balanced spine of fresh acidity, a more linear feel, and a good core of ripeness. It’s a very appealing wine to enjoy over the next 6-8 years. - Audrey Frick

The 2022 Chardonnay Elusive Queen is youthfully understated as wet stones and chamomile give way to freshly sliced green apples. This displays silken textures offset by mineral-laced orchard fruits and hints of lemon zest. It tapers off with youthful tension and gentle tannins, leaving a citrusy concentration and an herbal thrust. The 2022 Elusive Queen is still quite embryonic yet poised for a gorgeous evolution. – Eric Guido

The outstanding 2022 ‘Willamette Valley’ Pinot Noir totally over-delivers for the price. This was 100% whole cluster fermented and was stored in mainly neutral oak for ten months before bottling. This is very pretty aromatically with red rose petals that parade with dusty soils, red currants and menthol notes. The palate is fresh and layered with a smooth texture and bright underlying sense of verve. A glorious core of red fruits greets you, with orange peel and Christmas spices on the palate. Enjoy this beauty now and over the next eight plus years. Drink 2024-2032

If this is how they grow Pinot Noir down on the farm, then farm living is the life for me. I love this wine's bright, fresh raspberry popsicle, lilac and watermelon aromas. The juicy and medium-bodied palate shows off darker raspberry fruit mixed with black-tea and roasted pork-shoulder flavors—just don't tell the pig on the label. — Michael Alberty

Big Table Farm 2022 Pinot Noir – This is the most widely-available Pinot from BTF, and pulls in grapes from all seven vineyards managed by the winery. I love the color – a textbook, plummy Pinot hue – and the sensual aromatics that tie floral, earth and red berry scents together. This is light, almost delicate, and yet compelling, deep and long – it’s everything this ephemeral, flighty grape should be and often isn’t. I can’t recommend this wine highly enough – just give it ample time to breathe. 2139 cases

Polished and handsomely structured, with expressive raspberry and tart cherry flavors that take on forest floor, dusky spice and orange peel accents as this builds complexity and richness toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2032.

Fruit coming from all the vineyards that Big Table Farm sources from, the 2022 WV Pinot Noir from Big Table Farm was aged for 10 months in mostly used French oak barrels. It’s a gorgeous effort with lively notes of crushed raspberries, sweet Bing cherries, dusty country road, dried flowers, and shades of walnut shells. Juicy tannins, perfect levels of acidity, and a bright red-fruit focused finish are all there. 2139 cases produced.

Displaying a medium red color, the 2022 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley is spicy and herbal on the nose, with notes of cherry lozenge, alpine herbs, and spiced orange. Medium-bodied and approachable, with fine tannins, an elegant, juicy feel, even, ripe acidity, and a clean finish, it’s quite charming now and will drink well over the next several years. Drink 2024-2030. - Audrey Frick

The 2022 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley wafts up from the glass with a gorgeously fresh and lively bouquet as sweet lavender and crushed violet candies complement ripe blackberries and cherries. It’s soft-textured, nearly fleshy in feel, with an energetic core of zesty acidity that propels its ripe wild berry fruits across the palate. This finishes crisply refreshing and long with a licorice tinge and hints of candied citrus. – Eric Guido

Fleshy and flashy with ample dark fruit character, the Big Table Farm's broader Willamette Valley bottling has heft and concentration but is brightly balanced with an undertone of savoury forest elements. Aromas of pomegranate molasses, clove and dried leaves transition to a palate of dark, ripe fruits, blackberries, dusty raspberries, and raspberry leaves. Great gravel minerality carries the finish. - Clive Pursehouse

A blend of three Yamhill-Carlton vineyards, Yates Conwill, Coats, and Whitney sites come together, offering the appellation's signature structure, spice and ample red berries. Tart early-season strawberries, piquant notes of blood orange and sea salt and a streak of dried mountain herbs are all part of an airy, vibrant, aromatic show. The palate is fresh, crunchy red fruits, roughly chopped mint leaves and white pepper accent the ample tannin and rich saline minerality on the finish. - Clive Pursehouse

Big Table Farm 2022 Pinot Noir (Barn label) – Artists make artistic wines, and that pretty much sums up what I find in everything from Big Table. This wine offers almost pointillistic details around strawberry/rhubarb fruit. Lush aromas mix fruit and flower; the palate coats light red fruits with a wash of mocha and sandalwood. The tannins are pitch perfect – not a hint of green or bitter flavors, but submissive to the fruit. It’s a beautifully proportioned wine, and I suspect that was a challenge to do in this vintage. 232 cases; 12.8%.

Such purity of fruit. This 2022 bottling from Big Table Farm is an undeniably elegant Pinot Noir from the Cattrall Brothers Vineyard, planted in the 1980s on its roots to 100% Wadenswil clone—aromas of candied raspberries, blood orange rind and roughly chopped wintergreen. The palate shows an ethereal character in its lightness and precision. Fresh. Basil and candied red berries, sweet ripe strawberries and light touches of dried lavender and anise make for a dazzling red fruited display. Light, airy, and refined, it's a thing of beauty. - Clive Pursehouse

Big Table Farm 2022 Cattrall Brothers Vineyard Pinot Noir (Truck label) – A stalwart at Big Table since 2009, this is one of the best yet but sadly with half the production (from spring frost damage) of the 2021. Re-drawn label still features the old truck; the wine is very low abv bringing rhubarb, tomato leaf and mountain strawberry flavors in a light but pleasing wine. I get the feeling that Brian Marcy has wrung all possible flavor from these grapes, which show more depth and texture and detail than would be expected given the lightly ripened fruit. Bonus – lovely aromatics! This is the sort of style where Pinot Noir can really shine and age well, as opposed to almost any other red grape. 64 cases; 12.2%

Big Table Farm has been sourcing from this site since 2009, as this utilizes Wadesnwil clonal selection Pinot Noir. Black truffle and orange peel notes combine with wild blackberry on the nose. The palate is fresh and complex. Medium-bodied and loaded with minerality, with a core of red and dark fruits, this is delicious rendition of this wine that will age gracefully for decades. Drink 2024-2039- 95

From the Sunnyside Vineyard and riper in style for BTF (it remains under 14%), this wine shows opulence that retains its savoury, mineral edge: richly turned soils, dried violets and ripe cherry flesh aromatics. The palate shows real oompf, but it's lifted by notes of rooibos, dried anise and a vibrant, savoury streak of smoky sea salt and dried thyme. The finish leans into clove, ripe strawberries and dried mint leaves.- Clive Pursehouse

Big Table Farm 2022 Sunnyside Vineyard Pinot Noir (Chicken label) – Spicy with (apparently) more new oak highlights that punch through immediately. This is moderately riper and fleshier than the other Pinots, closer to full-bodied with purple fruits and substantial, grippy tannins. It really shines when you dig into the details: brambly raspberries, dried Italian herbs, a hint of flint and a chewy finish with coffee ground highlights. 241 cases; 13.9%.

The brilliant 2022 Big Table Farm ‘Pelos-Sandberg Vineyard’ Pinot Noir comes from this small vineyard set in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA. White truffle shavings and Mandarin orange zest combine with pomegranate seed and shades of freshly tiled loamy soils all mark the nose. The palate is silky and refined with good elegance, length, weight and verve. Seamless throughout the drinking experience, this is every bit as good as the incredible 2021 bottling. Drink 2024-2035

Seductive and dynamic, this Pinot grabs you with its fleshy texture and elegant complexity, revealing notes of fresh raspberry, orange blossoms and spiced cinnamon, plus hints of forest floor, as it builds richness and polish toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2033.

The 13th vintage of grapes coming from the Pelos Sandberg vineyard makes up the 2022 Pelos Sandberg Pinot Noir from Big Table Farm. Boasting a glowing ruby red core with a light purple rim, it’s an expressive wine, bursting with vibrant aromas of macerated wild raspberries, mountain blueberries, allspice, and cedary herbs, accented by hints of sweet vanilla and just a smouch of orange pith. The mid-palate is earth and spice, perfectly balanced by lively acidity and rounded sweet tannins, creating a harmonious and rich profile. Just 269 cases made.

The 2022 Pinot Noir Pelos Sandberg Vineyard comes from the Eola-Amity Hills and is a medium red hue with a light haze. On the nose, it offers savory notes of sassafras, pine, dried cranberries, and forest floor. Medium-bodied, it has a ripe feel on the palate, with sweet tannins and notes of beetroot and toasty incense lasting on the juicy, ripe finish. It’s a very charming and spicy wine with a little stemmy feel to enjoy over the next 5-6 years. -Audrey Frick

The 2022 Pinot Noir Pelos Sandberg Vineyard lifts from the glass with a candied personality while maintaining a fantastic balance. It displays autumnal spice and crushed black cherries lifted by minty herbs. It’s silky-smooth yet more lifted than anticipated, with ripe red and blue fruits that take on a savory character towards the close. This tapers off with medium length and crisp yet gentle tannins as a bump of residual acidity keeps the mouth watering for more. -Eric Guido

A gorgeously knit together PInot Noir evocative of the Old World from the Pelos Sandberg site in the Eola Amity Hills. Aromas of tomato leaf, spearmint and wild dill play alongside currant and tart raspberry notes. The palate is so definitively structured, and well-knit tannins bring complex wild mountain berries to life, as chicory spice, white pepper, and dried lavender complete the picture. - Clive Pursehouse

Keenly focused and structured, this Pinot blends rich flavors of raspberry and dusky spices with earthy accents including forest floor and mineral notes while building tension toward medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2032. 107 cases made.

Only 5% of the total wine produced at Big Table goes into the Earth Pinot Noir every single year and just a small production of 107 cases are produced. The 2021 ‘Earth’ is a standout, pouring a shimmering translucent ruby with a hint of bluish tint at the rim. The nose is an aromatic feast, offering a blend of crushed red raspberry, juicy pomegranate, a whisper of forest breeze, dried poultry herbs, and a touch of toasted anise. On the palate, the wine continues to impress with its vibrant acidity and rounded sweet tannins, leading to a textured yet supple finish. With only 99 cases produced, this Pinot Noir is highly recommended and an Editor’s Choice.

The 2022 ‘Earth’ is a barrel selection wine made from this slightly cooler vintage where harvest continued into November in the Willamette Valley. This is dense, heady and concentrated, with damp earth and peat moss accents that collide with loganberry, black cherry compote, black truffle shavings and suggestions of kumquat rind. A complex and delicious Oregon Pinot, this gorgeous new bottling has a long life ahead of it and is one of the finest from the Willamette Valley that I have tasted in the past year. Drink 2024-2040

The 2022 Pinot Noir Earth pours a jeweled magenta/ruby color and offers another level of purity in its ripe notes of cherry liqueur, candied flowers, mossy earth, and wet stones. By far the best wine in the range, it’s medium to full-bodied, with ripe, plush, refined tannins, seamless acidity, and with a light toasty finish. A very high-quality wine with a lovely, balanced finish, it offers a wide window for enjoyment over the coming 15 years.

Distinctly savory, the 2022 Pinot Noir Earth smolders up with a dark blend of balsamic spice, grilled herbs and steeped plums. This sweeps across the palate, soft yet lifted by cooling acidity, seeming to hover as tart red berry fruits combine with saline minerals, slowly saturating toward the close. A web of grippy tannins remains, offset by a tinge of blood orange as inner violet tones resonate. -Eric Guido

The winery’s version of Pinot Gris stands well apart from the Willamette Valley norm. It’s an assertively orange wine with the color of a fading sunset. Lush scents mix kumquat, candied orange peel and a whiff of white smoke. Time on the skins ups the tannins and adds textural heft, while ample aeration brings hints of orange pekoe tea through a long finish. The core fruit emulates the aromatics, suggesting that this would be a fine wine to accompany seafood or poultry sauced or grilled with fruit. A well-done orange wine, and this is surely one, has the ability to last for several days after being opened. 140 cases

Big Table Farm is consistently one of the best examples of skin-contact Pinot Gris in the Willamette Valley. The wine's aromas of prosciutto wrapped around a slice of cantaloupe join bits of saline, thyme and apple pectin. Peach-skin, anise and juniper-berry flavors are backed by sturdy tannins, with a crisp mouthfeel. — Michael Alberty

What a lovely orange wine from Big Table Farm, displaying a medium candied-orange color in the glass and giving off fantastic skin-contact aromas - think orange blossoms, honey-coated pear, freshly struck flint, dried hay, and bruised apple. With a surprising amount of tannin, it finishes with medium levels of acidity and a bitter herb finish.

The 2022 Laughing Pig Rosé sports a gorgeous medium salmon pink core with a rose-tinted rim. Crafted from 100% Pinot Noir grapes from the Willamette Valley, it boasts scrumptious notes of watermelon, white strawberries, lemony herbs, wet clay, and specs of tangerine oil. Easy drinking, but very well structured at the same time. A red-fruit essence and bitter herb aspects finish the wine. 620 cases were made.

A rosé of Pinot Noir that goes to 11. Robust, phenolic and hearty, this rosé is directly pressed and placed on top of whole berries, where it is left to soak and slowly ferment and gain colour before it is pressed and transferred to neutral barrels. Then it undergoes malolactic fermentation. The resulting wine offers plenty of spicy aromatics of white pepper, mint and wild green strawberries. The palate is a melange of savoury spice, currant and cranberry that finishes with notes of white pepper. Serve this chilled with steak, seriously. Clive Pursehouse

This starts off earthy and a touch grassy, with a hint of peppery olive oil in its scent. It’s exotic on the palate with an earthy back note. The suave pinot noir grip will take on patatas gravas and jamon Iberico. P.J.C.

This acid-driven wine screams, “Eat a peach!” It begins with a peach pastille aroma backed by an earthy blackberry tea note. Peach redux on the palate, with red raspberry, thyme, rosemary and pistachio flavors. The wine's crisp texture and lively personality suggest pairing it with the Allman Brothers “Live at Fillmore East.” — Michael Alberty

The 2021 Rosé Laughing Pig displays a deep pink color with orange hues while wafting up zesty blood orange, wild strawberry and gingery spice aromas. This smooths over the palate with silken textures and scant wild berries, all energized by zesty acidity. It tapers off grippy and full of tension, yet remarkably fresh leaving hints of licorice and wild inner florals. Fantastic. This is far from your average Rosé. 100% Pinot Noir. – Eric Guido

Some Wild Bee was produced in 2020; my most recent review is for the 2019. Both vintages were finished well under 13% alcohol, and hitting 13% seems to be a tipping point for overall quality. Seven vineyards contributed to the blend; the flavors favor green and yellow fruits, green tea and citrus, especially grapefruit. A slight chill (ten minutes in your fridge) perks up the flavors without muting the aromas. Drinking very well on the second day, this is a very young wine which will benefit greatly from additional bottle age. 1133 cases

Fragrant and brisk, with apple and lime accents that build tension toward the vibrant finish. Drink now. 1,133 cases made. -Tim Fish

The very bright and nicely textured 2021 Big Table Farm ‘The Wild Bee’ Chardonnay comes from a host of sites sprinkled throughout the Willamette Valley. Shades of cantaloupe mark the nose alongside baking spices, brioche and suggestions of white peach. The palate is very soft with bright underlying acidity and lovely nutty accents. A total home-run this vintage, enjoy this outstanding value now and over the next eight plus years. Drink 2023-2031

This has aromas of green apples, white grapefruit, flint and smoked almonds. Nicely reductive, crisp and flinty, with a medium body, vibrant acidity, and subtle toasty notes lingering at the end. Drink now.

The Wild Bee represents one of the best Willamette Valley Chardonnay values around. I’d happily pay $50-$60 for this bottle. Aromas of lemon verbena, chamomile and Meyer lemons start the show, followed by lavender lemonade and lightly buttered toast flavors. A crisp mouthfeel complements the Bee’s stinging acidity. Editors’ choice. – M.A.

The gorgeous 2021 The Wild Bee from Big Table Farm comes from some of the best vineyard sites around the Willamette Valley. A beautiful core of light lemon-gold with a silvery rim in the glass, it pops with aromas of yellow stone fruit, fresh apricot skin, toasted hazelnuts, and toasted allspice. A lovely mineral and saline aspect hits the palate and doesn’t let go. A lovely wine. 1133 cases produced.

Lean and linear with mineral-driven aromatics of wet slate and petrichor followed on by a note of roasted corn husk. There is a smoky flint note to the palate followed by cut green apple, savoury herbs, a streak of wet slate, and a kiss of seaspray to finish. Clive Pursehouse

This is round and rich up front, before it turns toward lemon-lime and crisp apple flavors. It's golden on the outside and lean with limey acidity inside, broad, then crisp. For tinned ventresca tuna. -P.J.C.

Pale greenish gold in the glass, this wine smells of lemon pith and lemon blossoms. In the mouth, wonderfully bright lemon pith and orange peel flavors are bright with fantastic acidity, while stony wet chalkboard notes emerge through the citrus haze to leave a faintly chalky sensation in the finish along with floral scents.

Pale lemon in colour. Am I being influenced by the name? The nose is like spearmint and whipped honeycomb with ripe peaches. The palate is broad and waxy with elevated acidity that carries a lengthy finish. Oak lends a vanilla-toast character and grip to the lightly phenolic finish. GV! - Samantha Cole-Johnson

The 2021 Chardonnay Wild Bee is spicy in the glass, wafting up with a blend of wild herbs, cardamon and ginger-spiked green apples. This is decidedly savory with a zesty core of brisk acidity and saline minerals, adding tension as tart orchard fruits cascade throughout. This finishes with medium length, leaving a lovely inner sweetness and lingering salty flourish. – Eric Guido

This gorgeous wine is packed with whirlwind flavors. They swirl around the palate in a glorious mélange of stone fruits, dried herbs, citrus peel, bee pollen and butterscotch. Great concentration and superior length are the cornerstones; it’s the depth, length and detail that make this a great Chardonnay. A stunning value, it should be enjoyed over the rest of the decade. 92 cases

This graceful and balanced Chardonnay leads with a combination of juniper berries and a piece of smoked whitefish drizzled in butter and lemon that is certain to spark a hunger pang. The flavors of peach sorbet and shortbread cookies served with a cup of lemon-verbena tea don't help that pang. — Michael Alberty

Just a touch of new French oak was used on the 2021 Eola-Amity Big Table Farm Chardonnay. Eola-Amity is at the top of my favorite AVAs in the Willamette Valley because they produce such elegant yet powerful wines. Sporting a light to medium lemon-gold colored core with a neon yellow rim, you are greeted with scrumptious aromas and flavors of wet white wildflowers, yellow pear, citrus zest, and shades of crush rock minerality that fall perfectly on the mid-palate. With a medium to full body and a rich texture, this one should age well for the next 8-10 years with proper cellaring. Just 92 cases were made. Highly recommended and editor’s choice.

Tasted blind. Medium lemon in colour. Rich and citrusy like a perfectly crispy lemon Danish pastry. Silky and round on the palate with elevated acidity and a minty coolness. Long finish with notes of vanilla blossom, yogurt and toast. Delicious. -Samantha Cole-Johnson

The 2021 Chardonnay Eola-Amity Hills is remarkably pretty, lifting from the glass with an airy blend of dusty sage and mint, complementing yellow apples and hints of spice. This shows its minerality up front, as soft textural waves usher in crisp orchard fruits, taking on a savory spiciness toward the close. This finishes squeaky clean, leaving whispers of ground ginger and a tinge of sour citrus, keeping the mouth watering for more. – Eric Guido

Firm and tart, this leads with reductive scents over winesap apples and oak. The flavors are succulent and rich, with broad pear and apple showing off a lushness along a clean line of acidity. (92 cases) —P.J.C.