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2007 Ana Vineyard Pinot Noir
Wine Type: Older Vintages
This is very exciting. Andy Humphrey has been manager of Weber for quite a while now and happily for all, Vivian & Arthur Weber sold the top and the west-facing slope of their vineyard to Andy and he renamed it Ana. You can ask Andy what it means.
The Ana vineyard is among the oldest in the Dundee Hills. The Webers planted Block 4 in 1976. Again, it is Pommard on its own roots. It is just a tractor-width away from the Weber block 5 and 7, yet the difference is amazing! Never have I seen such a clear illustration of how the age of the vines can make such a difference.
This wine has a similar spice to the Weber Vineyard, though not as intense. Funnily enough, the texture is deeper, darker, richer. Ana has a very sweet, deep vanilla cherry flavor and the maturity of the vines gives the fruit a telling sophistication. This is a wine I want to curl up with by the fire.
-Rob Stuart
in our downtown McMinnville 
