{"title":"Walter Scott","description":"\u003cp\u003eWillamette Valley is cool, and both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grow well there, but there is no limestone—the soil type is a mix of sedimentary and igneous volcanic rock. The best parcels are from ribbons of volcanic soil that thread through the sedimentary soil. These high drainage soils allow the roots of the vine to reach “mother rock”. These unique soils are Oregon’s secret sauce, and there may be no better example than Walter Scott wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe label was started in 2008 by partners Ken Pahlow and Erica Landon after years of successful careers in the Oregon Wine Industry. Walter Scott’s first wine, La Combe Verte Pinot Noir, was produced in 2009 at Patricia Green Cellars where Ken traded harvest labor for winemaking space. For the following two vintages, Ken changed locations to Evening Land where he began working alongside Dominique Lafon. In 2011, Walter Scott began making Chardonnay, which contributed significantly to both their growing production and group of loyal followers. In 2012, they moved into their current space, which is situated on Justice Vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vineyard, the focus is on not just the cultivation of the grapes but to also build an exceptional relationship to the land and those who tend to it. They focus on older vines, clonal diversity and cool microclimates. Working with like minded folks has allowed Ken and Erica to source grapes that are dry farmed without the use of herbicides, pesticides or fungicides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewinemaking is done with an open mind and never follows a recipe. Native or ambient yeast fermentations are embraced; minimal punching down and extractive techniques are used; and subtle adjustments are made each year to allow a transparent view of each vintage to shine. Judicious use of french oak is used to enhance the structure and texture. Each bottle is a balanced signature of place with a structural integrity that allows them to mature gracefully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's no exaggeration when we say that these wines are show stoppers. They are amongst not just the best wines We've had from Oregon but some of the best from anywhere, especially their crystalline Chardonnays.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"walter-scott-chardonnay-witness-tree-2023-750ml","title":"Walter Scott, Chardonnay Witness Tree, 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eWitness Tree is one of the higher, cooler perches in the Eola-Amity Hills, named for an old white oak that surveyors once used as a landmark, set on the volcanic Jory and Nekia soils that give the Eola-Amity its cut. It sits right in the path of the Van Duzer wind corridor, where cold Pacific air funnels in each afternoon to slow ripening and lock in acidity. That's the raw material Walter Scott turns into one of Oregon's most Burgundian Chardonnays. Ken Pahlow and Erica Landon launched the label out of Patricia Green Cellars in 2008 and have quietly become one of the most respected addresses in the Willamette Valley. Native-yeast fermented, put through full malolactic, and raised in large barrel with very little bâtonnage, the 2023 keeps its lemon-and-crushed-rock nerve intact. This is Chardonnay for people who love Puligny and Chablis but want Oregon clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Cru Selections [GCR]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44388605657145,"sku":"NYC-1-GCR-`GCRU100168-23`-033125-8","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Walter-Scott-Chardonnay-Witness-Tree-2023-White-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York_1631f47f.jpg?v=1778251264"},{"product_id":"walter-scott-pinot-noir-freedom-hill-2023-750ml","title":"Walter Scott, Pinot Noir Freedom Hill, 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eKen Pahlow and Erica Landon's Walter Scott is one of Oregon's most serious Pinot Noir producers, and Freedom Hill Vineyard — a famous Willamette Valley site in the Mt. Pisgah, Polk County AVA, with old marine sedimentary Bellpine loam soils — is one of Oregon's most respected addresses. The estate ferments with ambient yeast and uses 350- and 500-liter French oak barrels with minimal intervention, letting the vineyard speak. Freedom Hill Pinot from Walter Scott is the kind of wine that makes you stop comparing Oregon to Burgundy and start appreciating what this part of the Willamette Valley can produce on its own terms. The 2023 vintage was outstanding across Willamette — pure fruit, good acidity, and wines that show immediately while holding for the long term.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Cru Selections [GCR]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44388605755449,"sku":"NYC-1-GCR-`GCRU90816-23`-033125-11","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Walter-Scott-Pinot-Noir-Freedom-Hill-2023-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1777746765"},{"product_id":"walter-scott-chardonnay-la-combe-verte-2024-750ml","title":"Walter Scott, Chardonnay La Combe Verte, 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalter Scott's gateway Chardonnay — and a steal. Ken Pahlow and Erica Landon launched the label out of Patricia Green Cellars in 2008, and they've spent the last decade and a half quietly becoming one of the most respected Burgundian-style addresses in the Willamette Valley. La Combe Verte — \"the green valley\" — is the appellation-level cuvée, a multi-vineyard blend that pulls together the volcanic snap of their Eola-Amity Hills sites, the old-vine depth of Hyland Vineyard, and the marine-sedimentary power of Freedom Hill. Native-yeast fermented, full malolactic, raised in large barrel with very little bâtonnage. The 2024 is fresh, focused, and ready now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Cru Selections [GCR]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45764495343673,"sku":"NYC-GCR-``-042826-5","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Walter-Scott-Chardonnay-La-Combe-Verte-2024-White-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1778251686"},{"product_id":"walter-scott-pinot-noir-la-combe-verte-2024-750ml","title":"Walter Scott, Pinot Noir La Combe Verte, 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalter Scott's wonderful Willamette Pinot Noir. Ken Pahlow and Erica Landon's Eola-Amity-based label has quietly become one of Oregon's quiet pillars — Burgundian in sensibility, Pinot and Chardonnay only. La Combe Verte (\"the green valley\") is their multi-vineyard Willamette Valley appellation blend, drawing volcanic-soil fruit from Distraction, Sojeau, Temperance Hill and Witness Tree in the Eola-Amity Hills and blending it with old-vine Pinot from the marine-sedimentary slopes of Freedom Hill. Fermented with ambient yeast, aged 10 months in French oak (about a quarter new). 13.5%. The result captures Walter Scott's signature on a Willamette scale: bright red and dark fruit, floral lift, fine-grained structure, and that balance of power and grace they're known for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Cru Selections [GCR]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45764495409209,"sku":"NYC-GCR-``-042826-6","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Walter-Scott-Pinot-Noir-La-Combe-Verte-2024-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1777750291"},{"product_id":"walter-scott-freedom-hill-vineyard-chardonnay-2019-750ml","title":"Walter Scott, Freedom Hill Vineyard Chardonnay, 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eFreedom Hill is the broad-shouldered half of Walter Scott's Chardonnay lineup — the marine-sedimentary counterweight to their volcanic Eola-Amity sites. The vineyard runs along the southeast slopes of an ancient uplifted seabed on well-draining Bellpine loam, in what is now the Mount Pisgah, Polk County AVA; the second-generation Dusschee family farms it organically, and its shelter from the Van Duzer wind corridor gives riper, more concentrated fruit than the hills to the east. Ken Pahlow (a veteran of St. Innocent and Evening Land) and Erica Landon (who ran wine programs in Portland restaurants) whole-cluster press their Chardonnay straight to barrel, ferment with indigenous yeast on heavy lees, allow full malolactic and stir very little. The 2019 vintage snapped Oregon out of a run of hot years: a cool, damp early summer, a late harvest, and a wine that came in at 13% with acidity to spare. It's in a lovely spot right now — give it an hour open, or a quick decant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baron Wines [BW]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46200187060281,"sku":"NYC-BW-`WSFHVC2019`-071326-20","price":101.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Walter-Scott-Freedom-Hill-Vineyard-Chardonnay-2019-White-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1784386853"},{"product_id":"walter-scott-seven-springs-vineyard-chardonnay-2019-750ml","title":"Walter Scott, Seven Springs Vineyard Chardonnay, 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalter Scott takes just 1.7 acres of Chardonnay from the shallow south ridge of Seven Springs, the stretch where the topsoil thins out to almost pure basalt — rare access to a site that mostly goes to Evening Land. Planted in the early 1980s by Oregon pioneer Al MacDonald, dry-farmed and biodynamically managed since 2007, it sits in the Eola-Amity Hills where afternoon Pacific air through the Van Duzer corridor holds temperatures down and stretches ripening out. If their Freedom Hill Chardonnay is the broad, marine-sedimentary one, this is the volcanic one: narrower, saltier, wound tighter. Ken Pahlow and Erica Landon whole-cluster press to barrel, ferment with indigenous yeast on full lees, put it through malolactic and barely stir it, which is the point — the site does the talking. 2019 was a cool, late, classically shaped Oregon harvest after a run of hot years, and the wine kept every bit of that acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baron Wines [BW]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46200187158585,"sku":"NYC-BW-`WSSSVC2019`-071326-22","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Walter-Scott-Seven-Springs-Vineyard-Chardonnay-2019-White-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1784386856"}],"url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/walter-scott.oembed","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}