Pairing: Duck breast with cherry sauce, roast lamb, grilled salmon,mushroom risotto, roasted root vegetables, butternut squash ravioli, brie, Gruyère and aged Gouda
Where Passiflora is linear and focused on Antiquum Farm's tropical fruit profile, the 2021 Luxuria is a broad, open-textured, and velvety Pinot Noir. The deeper soils in this part of the vineyard endow the fruit with a generous and rich complexity that will reward many years in the cellar.
"From the heart of the southern Willamette Valley comes this fantastic Pinot Noir. Luxuria is aptly named, as its cassis and loamy forest-floor aromas fill the nose with rich promises. The medium-bodied wine delivers on those promises, with velvety tannins and ripe blackberry and spicy clove flavors. Hedonism, thy name is Luxuria.-Michael Alberty, Wine Enthusiast
Fruit for this bottling is taken from a 1.5-acre section in the centre of the vineyard. Pale ruby in colour with melon, red cherry, and ripe fig on the nose. A touch of oak. Very structured – elevated fine sandy tannins. A bit higher alcohol. Black-walnut bitterness and dark-cherry fruit. Amaro character. There's ample ripeness to the fruit. Fresh and elevated acidity with a lingering finish. This needs time. - Samantha Cole-Johnson, JancisRobinson
The lower elevations in the vineyard hold a one-acre parcel of vines straddling a seam between two clonal blocks. This small section of the site expresses the dark and brooding voice of Antiquum Farm. Firmly earth-rooted, its structure is a rich foundation expressing a Pinot Noir of unparalleled power and depth.
Grazing-Based Viticulture was first conceived and implemented at Antiquum Farm. The central tenet of this process is to grow wines that clearly communicate the wild and honest soul of this place and the principles of its people. Antiquum Farm is managed without fertilizers, compost, or foliar feeds in order to truly isolate our site, conserve resources, and create wines of individualistic spirit and truthful terroir. We have carefully selected animals that physically fit into the constraints of the vineyard, complement each other, and support an intricate, living, breathing ecosystem. We see our farm as a complex community where the vines are part of a whole, not the whole.—Aniquum Farm"