Willamette Valley Nicolas Jay Pinot Noir 2015

Histoire du domaine

Jean-Nicolas Méo and Jay Boberg met in the United States in 1988 and subsequently maintained a decades-long friendship. In 1989, Méo joined the family estate Méo-Camuzet in Burgundy, where he notably benefited from the experience of Henri Jayer, while Boberg pursued a career in the music industry. Both had a long-standing interest in Oregon Pinot Noir: Boberg discovered the wines as early as 1983, and Méo participated in the Willamette Valley's International Pinot Noir Celebration in 1991. Following a trip to the region in 2011, Boberg proposed to Méo that they create a winery together, and their partnership took shape in 2012. During their search, a blind tasting led them to the Bishop Creek Vineyard in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, which they acquired in 2014. Originally planted in 1988, this vineyard features old, own-rooted Pinot Noir vines as well as Chardonnay. Nicolas-Jay complements this foundation with grapes sourced from partner vineyards throughout the Willamette Valley. In 2019, the partners acquired a site of approximately 52 to 53 acres on the northern slope of the Dundee Hills; 25 acres were planted there primarily in 2021 and 2022, and an old maturation barn was converted into a gravity-flow winery and tasting space. Jean-Nicolas Méo remains co-founder and head of winemaking direction. Noah Roberts, who joined the team in 2020, currently serves as production winemaker. The stated area corresponds to the sum of the 5.5 hectares historically reported in production at Bishop Creek and the 25 acres planted on the Dundee Hills property; no more recent consolidated figure has been published directly by the estate.