Big Table Farm Willamette Valley Pinot Noir

Gold

2021 Vintage

Awarded: 2024

Silver

2021 Vintage

Awarded: 2023

Wine Spectator Top 100 #74

2016 Vintage

Awarded: 2018

Wine Spectator Top 100 #11

2012 Vintage

Awarded: 2015

Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine

Salmon teriyaki Starter Course: Contains: teriyaki sauce; Japanese

Lamb souvlaki Main Course: Greek

Blue Grey Porterhouse Main Course: Marbled, tender and flavourful beef from the Blue Grey, a hybrid breed from Scotland and northern England; Western

Kebab Main Course: Contains: meat; Worldwide

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Analytical Data

Alcohol ABV: 12.8 - 13.9%

Awards

(5)

Platinum

2022 Vintage

Awarded: 2025

Gold

2021 Vintage

Awarded: 2024

Silver

2021 Vintage

Awarded: 2023

Wine Spectator Top 100 #74

2016 Vintage

Awarded: 2018

Wine Spectator Top 100 #11

2012 Vintage

Awarded: 2015

Critics Scores & Reviews

(74)

All vintages

92 / 100

74 scores

95 - 100

90 - 94

85 - 89

80 - 84

75 - 79

0 - 74

2023 Vintage Tasted: May 2025

High-toned aromas of red cherries, hibiscus, citrus peel and lead pencil shavings. The palate is bright and energetic, with crunchy tannins and focused acidity, giving notes of red apples, blood oranges and raspberry bush. A lovely balance of fruit and savory undertones. Drink or hold.

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2023 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2025

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94 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2022 Vintage Tasted: Jul 2024

If this is how they grow Pinot Noir down on the farm, then farm living is the life for me. I love this wine's bright, fresh raspberry popsicle, lilac and watermelon aromas. The juicy and medium-bodied palate shows off darker raspberry fruit mixed with black-tea and roasted pork-shoulder flavors—just don't tell the pig on the label.

2022 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2024

When to drink: 2024 to 2032

The outstanding 2022 ‘Willamette Valley’ Pinot Noir totally over-delivers for the price. This was 100% whole cluster fermented and was stored in mainly neutral oak for ten months before bottling. This is very pretty aroaticsally with red rose petals that parade with dusty soils, red currants and menthol notes. The palate is fresh and layered with a smooth texture and bright underlying sense of verve. A glorious core of red fruits greets you, with orange peel and Christmas spices on the palate. Enjoy this beauty now and over the next eight plus years.

92 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2021 Vintage Tasted: Jul 2023

This lithe and lean beauty demands attention with bright red cherry and vanilla aromas. Raspberry and strawberry fruit flavors are graced by bits of cinnamon and sage. If you are looking for a Willamette Valley pinot with brilliant acidity and a deft touch, here's your wine.

94 / 100 Owen Bargreen

2021 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2023

When to drink: 2023 to 2031

This 2021 edition of the ‘Willamette Valley’ Pinot Noir is another killer value by Big Table Farm — and may be the finest rendition of this wine to date. On the nose this takes on layers of guava and citrus fruits alongside cardamon and light loamy soils. The palate is silky smooth and nicely concentrated, with bright underlying finesse. Everything is in tremendous balance here and showing some salty undercurrents, this is delicious, generous Pinot Noir to devour now and over the next eight plus years. This is one to buy by the case.

2021 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2023

Notes of spiced cherries, dried orange peel and nutmeg with some blue flowers and crushed stones. Medium-bodied, sleek and creamy with silky tannins and red berry character, with a pepperiness running through it. Drink now.

91 / 100 Owen Bargreen

2020 Vintage Tasted: May 2022

When to drink: 2022 to 2026

- The 2020 Big Table Farm ‘Willamette Valley’ Pinot Noir was sourced from a range of vineyards across the valley, as this was stored in largely neutral oak barrels prior to bottling and being released in March 2022. It is one of the more impressive Pinot Noirs that I have tasted from the vintage. Very juicy and fruity with ripe red currants, red cherry candy and strawberry, with a good mineral backbone, this beautiful wine is best consumed over the next several years.

2020 Vintage Tasted: Apr 2022

Aromas of strawberries, fresh flowers and toasted herbs. Medium-bodied with silky tannins. Fruity and straightforward. Drink now.

89 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2019 Vintage Tasted: Sep 2021

Young, tight and showing stacked flavors of rhubarb, cranberry and bitter herbs, this is a tannic wine that will require ample aeration. Hints of blackberry fruit poke through, and the finish has flavors of green tea and herb. Give this another year or two of bottle age before you pop the cork. Paul Gregutt

2019 Vintage Tasted: Jul 2021

A pretty nose of redcurrants, wild strawberries, forest wood, flowers and baking spices. Light-to medium-bodied with sleek tannins and fresh acidity. Very fresh and juicy. Drink now.

2019 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2021

When to drink: 2021 to 2031

Enchanting and downright delicious, the 2019 ‘Willamette Valley’ Pinot Noir shows off a downright sexy core of red fruits that march on with red rose petals and leather undertones on this outstanding bouquet. The palate is fresh and wonderfully textured. Layers of red currants and red cherry candy mingle with minerals, damp earth and shades of exotic spices on the palate. Gorgeous now, this has at least a decade of life ahead of it.

2018 Vintage Tasted: Mar 2020

When to drink: 2020 to 2030

Big Table Farm have steadily been increasing their production of this wine, now at 2500 cases, with their pigs, ‘Sam’ and ‘Rick’ pictured on the label. Despite increasing production, there is absolutely no decrease in quality of their entry level bottling that shows gorgeous aromatic range from damp earth, wild mushroom, red cherry preserve and orange rind tones that meld together in the glass. Silky, round and generous, with wonderful richness and poise, this has a silky texture that entices. Layers of cran-cherry, Mandarin orange rind, forest floor and shades of black truffle crudo all entice on the palate. Fantastic to enjoy in its youth, this should provide drinking enjoyment for a decade or more.

2018 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2020

Very attractive, freshly sliced strawberries and red cherries with a fresh-herb edge and a sleek, smooth build on the palate that holds gently creamy fruit, in the blueberry and dark-cherry zone. Supple, layered tannins and fresh strawberries to close. Drink or hold.

2012 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2019

When to drink: 2019 to 2029

The 2012 Big Table Farm ‘Willamette Valley’ Pinot Noir opens with lovely earthy tones that collide with red currants and shades of Satsuma orange rind that all mingle together in the glass. The texture imparted is simply fantastic as bright red fruits dance with minerals and lighter wild mushroom tones. The silky texture is really impressive. It is hard to believe that this is only their entry level wine.

2017 Vintage Tasted: May 2019

Enticing, fragrant complexity with ripe, boysenberry and red-cherry notes, married to a plush palate that has an attractive, balanced and velvety feel. Long, fresh-fruit flavors hold smoothly. Drink or hold.

91 / 100 Owen Bargreen

2011 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2018

When to drink: 2018 to 2024

This shows a lovely translucence. Right away a melange of red fruits with citrus tones mark the nose. Wild mushroom, forest floor and barnyard aromas combine in the glass. The palate shows a wonderful mouthfeel and richness considering the coldness of the vintage. This has good balance with red cherry puree, blood orange rind, strawberry and minerals mark the palate. Forward and delicious, this is drinking nicely right now.

2016 Vintage Tasted: Oct 2018

Some strongly sappy aromas with wild herbs and red fruit, intermingled in upbeat, youthful and floral style. The same feel on the palate, which offers fresh, red-cherry flavors and a wealth of complexity and a juicy, fresh resolve. Try from 2020.

2016 Vintage Tasted: May 2018

When to drink: 2018 to 2028

This deep colored wine is distinctly earthy on the nose with forest floor and black truffle oil overtones that marvelously connect with dark fruit. The hallmark minerality that is unveiled in this wine by superstar winemaker Brian Marcy connects with the solid weight and dark cherry, boysenberry cordial and wild mushroom flavors. With a touch of lavender towards the back end and ultra-light tannins, this beautiful wine will cellar well for a decade or more.

91 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2015 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2018

This aromatic wine is the ripest of the winery's fine lineup of 2015 Pinots, with a sweet, soft, round and smooth entry. Its pretty strawberry and cherry fruit is swathed in mocha, proving supple and immediately appealing. The still slightly stiff tannins suggest further improvement awaits over the next five years.

2015 Vintage Tasted: Sep 2017

What an exciting nose of cranberries, moss, smoke, blackcurrants, Indian spices, chocolate shavings, bright oranges and lots of rose petals. Medium-bodied with a delicate yet very pretty tannin texture, fresh acidity and an umami, mouth-watering finish. Fun! Drink now. Unfined and unfiltered.

2015 Vintage Tasted: May 2017

When to drink: 2017 to 2027

- This translucent colored Pinot Noir features one of the Big Table Farm pigs, ‘Kirby’ and ‘Pickle.’ Sourced from eight different sites for Pinot and needing roughly an hour in the decanter to show full aromatics expression, the wine is awakened with aromatics of ripe guava, strawberry, red cherry, pomegranate seed and fennel with loganberry accents. The intoxicating aromatics bring you back to the glass for more. The wine is currently showing flavors of red cherry, loganberry, pomegranate seed, Mandarin orange rind and suggestions of baking spices. As far as entry level bottlings go, this is one of the best that you will find out of Oregon. A gorgeous effort by superstar winemaker Brian Marcy.

2014 Vintage Tasted: May 2017

Intriguing aromas of spices, meat, dried berries and lemons follow through to a full body, velvety tannins and a fresh and fruity finish. Linear backbone to this generous wine. Drink or hold.

89 / 100 Wine Enthusiast

2014 Vintage Tasted: Jan 2017

This Pinot is a full, fragrant, fetching wine with spongy citrus and cherry fruit, underscored with leesy minerality. It's ready for immediate enjoyment, and should be consumed now through 2020.