The Wine

For the second year in a row we’ve selected our auction wine from a 25-year-old block of Pommard at Croft Vineyard. Founded in the 1980s by Chancy and Toni Croft, the vineyard is still farmed, organically, by the Croft family. In this bottling look for structure, tension and lift, with a supple midpalate and flavors that emphasize red fruit and spice.

The Winery

In 2020 Andrew Rich completed his 26th harvest in the Willamette Valley. For most of those vintages his winemaking explored, in part, the potential of Rhône grape varieties in the Pacific Northwest. But over the last half dozen years his focus has been squarely on Pinot noir. He began digging deeper with his launch of the “Elements” series in 2014, blending and bottling Pinot solely by soil type (primarily volcanic and marine sedimentary), trying to unearth what makes the Willamette Valley a singular source of Pinot noir.

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All wine is sold FOB the location of the winery that produced the lot purchased. WVWA is not responsible for shipping wine. Shipping or delivery arrangements, expenses and insurance are the sole responsibility of the purchaser. Any shipment of wines out-of-state is the responsibility of the purchaser, who is solely responsible for compliance with the laws and regulations of said state.

The producing winery currently has distribution in the below listed countries and states. A list of distributors is available upon request.

USA: CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI