Today we share one of the great wine brands out of Oregon. Elk Cove is now celebrating 50 years in Oregon wine. Growing up the five Campbell children helped work in the vineyards at Elk Cove. Adam Campbell took a special interest and stayed close to home for college, attending Lewis & Clark and spending summers on the bottling line. Upon graduation he joined the business year-round to learn the craft of winemaking from his parents. Adam is now responsible for making Elk Cove’s wines. He now oversees six vineyard sites with 380 planted acres. Check out the amazing 2023 Elk Cove Riesling (OB, 92) which is vibrant and neatly-textured. I love the new 2023 Elk Cove ‘La Boheme’ Pinot Noir (OB, 96) which will surely age for another two decades. Learn more about these outstanding wines at elkcove.com and here are my reviews of the new wines by Elk Cove.
2023 Elk Cove ‘Willlamette Valley’ Riesling- The 2023 Elk Cove ‘Willlamette Valley’ Riesling offers petrol and kiwi notes on the plate alongside electric tension and weight. This is inviting and alluring with its viscosity. Drink 2026-2032- 92
2024 Elk Cove ‘Willlamette Valley’ Pinot Gris- The 2024 Elk Cove ‘Willlamette Valley’ Pinot Gris comes off rich and beautifully textured on the palate. Laden with minerality, this shows rich melon and Japanese pear flavors alongside stony minerals on the palate. A really great effort, enjoy now and over the next few years. Drink 2026-2032- 92
2024 Elk Cove ‘Estate’ Pinot Noir- The 2024 Elk Cove ‘Estate’ Pinot Noir delivers a soft mouthfeel, with layers of ripe red currants, strawberry and Bing cherry fruit flavors. Medium-bodied, with good verve, enjoy now and over the next few years. Drink 2026-2032- 90
2023 Elk Cove ‘Five Mountain’ Pinot Noir- The 2023 ‘Five Mountain’ comes from the Laurelwood District AVA. It comes off soft and refined on the mouth, with loads of salty soil character. Layers of marionberry and Black cherry combine with wafts of peat moss and black truffle shavigns on the palate. Seriously good, with terrific weight and finesse, enjoy now and over the next ten years to come. Drink 2026-2036- 93
2023 Elk Cove ‘Clay Court’ Pint Noir- The 2023 Elk Cove ‘Clay Court’ Pint Noir is a juicy and delicious bottling that shows ripe red fruits with red rose petals and exotic spices on the nose. It comes off medium to full-bodied, with a seamless texture and gorgeous sense of length and purity of its red and dark fruit core. Enjoy this beautiful wine now and over the next ten plus years. Drink 2026-2038- 93
2023 Elk Cove ‘La Boheme’ Pinot Noir- The dense and lush 2023 Elk Cove ‘La Boheme’ is a flat-out fabulous new edition of this wine that is sourced from their old-vine estate, the La Boheme Vineyard. This is complex, delicious and very savory stuff with its herbal edge. Hints of wintergreen and dried herbs combine with wet rock, red rose water, black raspberry and forest floor notes on the palate. Medium to full-bodied, with seriously good texture, and salty/stony character, enjoy this stunning wine now and over the next fifteen plus years to come. Drink 2026-2042- 96