93pts James Suckling

Dried herbs, spices, orange peel, wild strawberries and hints of pomegranates. Medium-bodied, vivid and silky on the palate, with delicious and refreshing fruit character. Lots of cherries and dried orange peel flavors.

92pts Jeb Dunnuck

The medium red 2021 Pinot Noir Thea's Selection comes from five vineyards and is ripe in the glass with aromas of baked red cherries, pie spice, forest earth, and porcini. Approachable and silky, with a weightless feel, it’s even and ripe, with fine tannins and a clean feel. A very pretty wine slanting toward a ripe style, enjoy it over the next 5-6 years.

92pts Vinous

A smoky blend of wild herbs, ground ginger and crushed raspberries smolders up from the 2021 Pinot Noir Thea's Selection. It's softly textured with cooling minerality and pure red berry fruits underscored by saline minerals. Zesty acidity adds a liveliness through the finish as the 2021 tapers off long and spicy yet only lightly tannic.

92pts Wine Spectator

Brisk and generous, with snappy cherry and pomegranate flavors highlighted by oolong tea and savory spices. Concludes with fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2031.

90pts Wilfred Wong

The 2021 Lemelson Vineyards Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is authentic and bright.This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of dried earth, savory spices, and lively red fruits. Enjoy it with duck confit casserole.

90pts Wine Enthusiast

A pronounced saline note similar to the lining of a freshly shucked oyster mixes with notes of blackberries and marshmallows toasted over a smoky campfire. Bracing acidity and velvety tannins frame flavors like raspberry, smoked almonds and candied rose petals.

Winemaker Notes

As our house cuvee, Thea’s Selection is a blend from our five organic, estate vineyards that span three different Willamette Valley AVAs. As such, it is a wonderful representation of the vintage across all our sites. The nose is inviting and earthy with black cherry, black currant and plum fruit that is nuanced by subtle notes of black tea, chocolate, mushroom, and lavender. This wine is rich and supple with silky tannins and a juicy core which transitions into a long finish that leaves the taste of brambly fruit
on the palate. 

Organic