Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Mirabai Dundee Hills 2023 (750ml)
Product price
$34.99
Description
Kelley Fox Wines' 2023 Pinot Noir Mirabai is sourced from several of the Dundee Hills' most established vineyard sites, blending fruit from vines planted between 1970 and 1990 across Weber, Stater, Durant, and Maresh. The wine was fermented with whole clusters and aged ten months in used French oak, a restrained approach that lets the site speak for itself.
In the glass, it opens with ruby color and aromatic notes of wild raspberries, violets, rhubarb, blackberry, and lavender, with whispers of stone, licorice, and dried spice. The palate is supple and open-textured, with ripe acidity and fine, chalky tannins that feel fresh rather than heavy. Dark cherry and autumnal spice run through the mid-palate, while the finish stretches long and layered, staining the glass and calling you back. This is Pinot Noir in a graceful, expressive register, ready to enjoy now but built to age well.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Color | Red |
| Country | USA |
| Region | Oregon |
| Subregion | McMinnville |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Producer | Kelley Fox Wines |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
The 2023 Pinot Noir Mirabai is ruby red in the glass and evokes wild raspberries, violets, dark stones, and forest floor. Supple and open, it has ripe acidity and fine tannins. Drink 2025-2040. (Jeb Dunnuck, August 2026)
The 2023 Pinot Noir Mirabai mixes vivid crushed blackberry with bouquet garni, nuances of wet slate and rose petals. Juicy and pure in style, it entices the senses with depths of ripe black cherry and a cascade of autumnal spice. Acidity wins the day—long and staining yet incredibly fresh. The finish tapers off with a lovely licorice tinge that calls the taster back to the glass.
Despite its modest price point, the 2023 Pinot Noir Mirabai (a barrel selection) comes from some of the top vineyards in the Dundee Hills. Fifty-two percent comes from own-rooted vines in the Weber Vineyard planted in 1983; 28% comes from Stater Vineyard, where vines were planted on rootstock in 1990; 11% comes from own-rooted vines planted in 1974 and 1984 in Durant Vineyard; and 9% comes from own-rooted vines planted from 1970 to 1988 in the Maresh Vineyard. It was fermented with around 15% whole clusters, and the wine was matured for 10 months in used French oak. It has ringing aromas of rhubarb, blackberry, raspberry, lavender and Angostura bitters, offering botanical undertones as it airs in the glass. The light-bodied palate is vibrant and expressive with wonderfully perfumed fruit, chalky tannins and a long, tremendously layered finish. 1,808 cases were made.