Wines & Purchasing
Wines & Purchasing
Goodfellow Family Cellars produces elegant and structured wines of site in Oregon's Willamette Valley. All wines are produced from sustainably farmed, non- irrigated vineyards, with individual and hands on attention to process.
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WHISTLING RIDGE VINEYARD
Whistling Ridge Blanc de Blancs “Usagi Yojimbo” - $70
The nose on this wine is wonderfully composed, opening with notes of pine, subtle citrus, an umami salty earthy tone, very clean. The aromas wind together seamlessly and present in a complex way as if they were old friends finishing each other's sentences. The palate is clean, elegant, citrusy-stony, dry, crisp, with fine bubbles. The high percentage reserve wines giving textural weight and intensity. Again, there is a savory saline, earthy, element underlying the fruit. Composed of 66% 2022 base wines and 34% 2021 reserves, all aged in 600L demi-muids. Bottled in spring of 2023 and disgorged after three years, in mid-June of 2026. This wine is from our second year of tirage for traditional method sparkling wines, and though we were pleased with the first set of wines, there is a serious step up with this second set. Dosage is 1.0g/l, 80 cases disgorged in 6/2026.
Whistling Ridge Blanc de Noirs “Ogre Citadel” - $60
Opens with a bright nose of citrus flowers, and fresh herbs that quickly evolves to orange peel, pastry dough, and a hint of stony soil, Rainier cherries show up after a few minutes, kumquat, and nectarine, still with the sub-text of earth underneath, but also more florals in the higher register. Disgorged in June after three years in bottle on the lees, this is not yet expansive, but there is a breadth and roundness to the aromatics and the body of the wine. The palate follows the nose, with a range of orange, kumquat, and stone fruits mingling with biscuit and dough, all over that earthiness. Composed of 100% 2022 base from the House Block and Last Acres of Whistling Ridge Vineyard. Early in its life, this wine is aromatic and expressive now, and in a year I think this will be showing even better, a very lovely bottle to open. Dosage is 1.0g/l, 80 cases disgorged 6/2026
2024 "Richard's Cuvée", Whistling Ridge Chardonnay - $70
Expressive upon opening, perfumed, with very pure with white flowers, biscuit or fresh baked sugar cookie, savory spices, hazelnuts, and straw, fresh grain, talc and floral notes. The palate is streamlined, there is a richness and suppleness to this vintage, but the wine is lighter bodied and moves from pears into dry (sec) pineapple, yuzu, and lemon quickly. Delicious now with dinner but the time for this wine is probably 2030-2035+. 11.5% abv and 150 cases produced.
2024 Whistling Ridge Pinot Noir - $50
Opens with orange peel and baking spices, cacao, a hint of vanilla, and Easter candy. Cardamom, cinnamon, and cranberry. The red fruits are supple: pomegranate, cherry, dark strawberry with a satin texture. There is a weightless juiciness to the wine even as it feels coiled as well. 2024 is really an excellent vintage for Whistling Ridge, where the generous aromatics and velvety fruit notes of the vintage work perfectly well with the savory stem and baking spice notes for the vineyard. 13.2% and 165 cases produced.
2024 Long Acre, Whistling Ridge Pinot Noir - $60
Cinnamon, dusty rose petals, iron, bright red berries, and juicy pomegranate. The palate is bright red fruits, alpine strawberries, pie cherry, brown spices, with a mineral streak in the finish. This wines is really starting to open up into a grand and expressive young wine. In this vintage the Long Acre is much more open, deeper red fruits, more iron, the florals are perfumed and harmonious with the spice and fruit notes. For optimal aging drink 2030-2050. 13.2% abv, 115 cases produced.
2024 Heritage No.24, Whistling Ridge Pinot Noir - $75
Ethereal, with fine red fruits: pomegranate and red cherries, coriander, orange peel, then shifting darker with exotic spices, black caps, heady florals and an intense stony mineral core. There is a coiled, dusty element to the 2024 wines from Whistling Ridge, the palate is pale red fruits, up front, weightless texture, bright alpine strawberries, baking spice, fennel pollen, and an umami note. Tannins are present, and very fine, but less amaro-esque than typical at this age. This is another of those vintages where the wines seem pale and ethereal in youth, but for Whistling Ridge at least will gain an incredible amount of intensity with 8-10 years in the cellar. Drink 2035-2055. 12.3% abv and 240 cases produced.
TEMPERANCE HILL VINEYARD
2024 Temperance Hill Vineyard Chardonnay - $50
The signature flint/sea spray aspect of Temperance Hill is in play, folded in with the classic stoniness of this vineyard, but it plays a background rhythm here behind orchard fruits, starfruit and soft citrus flowers, almonds and fennel pollen. The 2024 vintage produced a kinder gentler Temperance Hill Chardonnay, the subtle knife, more hypnotic than intense. The fruit is mandarin and lemon peel and fresh squeezed lemon juice. The rocks are rounded river stones, and the savory edge hovers just underneath the fruit this year. At 11.4% it is texturally easy to enjoy, light bodied, and complex enough to dig into,. but only if you take the time to look. Dry farmed and certified organically farmed, 115 cases produced. Drink now until 2040.
2024 Pumphouse Block Pinot Noir $60
Intensely aromatic. Red fruited, floral, savory and amaro notes braid together seamlessly, resulting in a quintessentially Goodfellow wine. Gorgeous nose of bright red berries and red flowers, rose petals, violets, mint, cinder, exotic spices, cedar, clove and amaro. On opening, the nose jumps from the glass but the palate is locked up tight with fine tannins. By day three, the palate has unwound, and the layers of finesse and flavor still persist. The magic of the 2024 vintage is in the weightlessness of the wines behind an array of dense fruit, fine tannins, and excellent acidic balance. Certified organic and dry farmed, 12.8% abv, and 100 cases produced. Drink now until 2049.
2023 West Field Pinot Noir $60
With direct sun on the fruit, the skins of the fruit darken, similarly to our own skin under the same conditions, quantities of anthocyanins and tannins increase. The West Field always shows a darker nature, but with the old vines it is a magical combination of dark fruit, savory amaro-like structure, and juicy, bright energy. The nose just pops, jumping out with violets, underbrush, black fruit, a cushion of smoke, and the spice promise of stems, it is so very vinous aromatically. The palate is tightly coiled and laden with fine tannins, there are black caps, dark plums, coffee, smoke, hints of underbrush, and a rocky finish. After a couple of days open, the wine settles down, the nose still fragrant but more subtle, the palate more...palatable. Nicely interwoven fruit, savory herbs and forest flavors, tannins softened with air, this wine melds together my ideas of what Oregon Pinot Noir should be and reminds me of bottles of old-world wines in the past that set my course in wine. Dry farmed and organically farmed, 12.7% abv, and 115 cases produced.
2024 Heritage No. 25, Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir $75
The Heritage No. 25 is a bottle where I want everything to move away and just let me focus on the wine. It has that allure, the extra gear, the ability to move me into my experiential mode where I am just in the wine. The nose flows out of the glass, schizophrenically captivating, pure, interwoven. Dark loamy earth, crimson flowers, native blackberry, cardamom, floral with conifer, compelling in a Burgundy way. The palate echoes the nose, effortless. Red fruits, black caps, so seamless, cardamom, conifer forest, orange peel stained with pomegranate, fine tannin. For 2024 the tannins are there day one, but by day two or three the structure is sublimated in the supple portion of the wine leaving a wonderful chance to enjoy the wines. If you enjoy Temperance hill wines, please don't miss this one, it is truly special. Dry farmed and organically farmed, 12.7% abv, and 115 cases produced. Drink now until 2050.
TSAI VINEYARD
2022 Tsai Vineyard Blanc de Noirs - sold out
Electric, vibrant, and sparkly (both having bubbles and in personality). The nose is sea air, pink florals and yellow roses, sweet tarts, apricot blossoms, and ruby red grapefruit. The palate is Rainier cherry skin and raspberry, so vibrant and fresh, and then a wonderful electric finish; must love acid, the balance here is very definitely sweet/tart/dry. So delicious. This wine was originally supposed to be a component of the Willamette Valley Extra-Brut, but from the earliest days in barrel it had an extraordinary energy and vibrancy, and we have never been happier that we set it aside for it’s own bottling. 12.1% ABV, 1gram/liter dosage.
2022 Tsai Vineyard Chardonnay $60
Saline with orchard fruits, Mirabelle, green tea, sea spray, grain, fennel pollen, yellow peach, green Anjou pear, pear blossoms, and vanilla bean aromatics, finishing with lemon/lime citrus and pith. Tranquil entry, with lovely texture, even at 12.1%. The wine still wants a bit of time to integrate, but has great energy now, mineral, hazelnut, and Meyer lemon as the wine opens up. 2022 reminds one very much of old school white Burgundy, specifically in the interplay between the supple texture and fruit and the savory edginess of the acidity.
DURANT VINEYARD
Durant Vineyard Blanc de Blancs - sold out
The Chardonnay at Durant grown at the foot of the hill has always provided us with extremely good raw materials for still Chardonnay in the Goodfellow style. It lends itself to tranquility and texture, the cooling flavors of the Dundee Hills and takes on lees inflection with grace. The sparkling wine is no different, showcasing pastry dough and grain notes, lemon curd, toasted hazelnut, apple pie and grilled bread with hints of earth and golden tones to the fruit. Bright in the finish there is a small amount of dosage here, and it gives the slightest build to the fruit and softens the edges of the acidity.
2024 Durant Vineyard Chardonnay - $55
Glassy aromatics of straw, yellow flowers, almonds, and seashells. There is a remarkable intensity and clarity of aromas that highlight the 2024 vintage wines in general. The nose evolves and changes with stones and river rock, green melon, hyacinth, iris, mint, lime zest, and salty sea spray. Lime water, lemon curd, intense and juicy, with honeyed aromatics and lime leaf. The palate is light-bodied but textural, glassy, then a love bracing finish of lemon and lime skin and oils. 11.2% abv and 115 cases produced. Drink now through 2038.
2024 Durant Vineyard Pinot Noir - $50
Beautifully expressive nose, hints of coffee, orange peel, sanguine notes, clean earth, and a hint to fresh strawberry. Texturally weightless, yet packed with flavors of cranberry, red flowers, marionberry and exotic spice. Perfumed, lush,soft and velvety, the magic of 2024 is in weightless power and balance between tannins and acids through the finish. 13.7% and 115 cases produced. Drink now through 2040, with perhaps a pause from 2028-2031.
2024 Heritage No. 26, Durant Vineyard Pinot Noir - $75
Bursting with red floral tones, this wine is performing beautifully right out of the gate. Black cap raspberry, boysenberry, violets, and exotic spice, perfumed. Perhaps the most compelling nose for a Durant bottling in quite a few years, and very much has a Vosne-Romanee-like spice. Elegant and powerful. The palate is just weightless, fine and balanced. 13.7% and 55 cases produced. Drink now through 2045, with perhaps a pause between 2028-2031.
