Three Feathers Pinot Madeleine Receives Strong Rating – 90 Points from James Suckling

Our 2020 Pinot Madeleine Receives Strong Rating – 90 Points from James Suckling. We are proud to announce this score from JamesSuckling.com for our 2020 Pinot Madeleine.

Some sliced-strawberry and citrus aromas and flavors. Medium body. Light hibiscus-water and green-strawberry flavors. Drink now. – JamesSuckling.com

Three Feathers 2020 Pinot Madeleine Receives a 90 Point Score

The 2020 Madeleine is our first vintage made from single-clone Pinot Madeleine, also known as Pinot Noir Précoce or Frühburgunder. This early-ripening clone of Pinot Noir has smaller berries and ripens a full two weeks earlier than standard Pinot Noir, hence it’s name Précoce.

Our 2020 vintage presents a balanced acidity and long finish with notes of bramble-berry, raspberry and cherry. To add flavor complexity, we made this wine with 25% whole cluster.

We have written several blog articles about this rare old-world Pinot Noir Précoce; No Clue about Clones, and Précious Précoce.

James Suckling Releases his Oregon Annual Report

… the great wines of Oregon are worth so much more than just my mental associations to faraway places and tastes, or my feelings while being in the Willamette Valley tasting them. The high quality is in the bottle. The clear Oregon nature of the wines, particularly pinot noir and chardonnay, shines through in the glass with their freshness and brilliance. We rated about 85 percent of the wines 90 points or more. Ten percent received ratings of 95 points or more. Plus, according to the Oregon Wine Board, slightly more than half of all the vineyards in the state are organically farmed, with about 42 percent sustainable.

James Suckling – Eye Opening Chards, impeccable provenance, and the quest for breathtaking wines

We submitted our wines to James Suckling this spring and we are pleased to have been given a 90 point rating on our 2020 Madeleine and in previous years on our 2020 Pinot Gris and 2017 Pinot Noir. He has written a very interesting and informative article about Oregon Wines which we believe to express very well the wines and wine-making here in Oregon. We find James Suckling’s comments in his Oregon Annual Report entitled Eye Opening Chards, impeccable provenance, and the quest for breathtaking wines to be very apt.

… And it still means it’s really easy to find outstanding quality bottles of Oregon pinot or chardonnay. And there is a likeliness to so many of the wines, both pinot and chardonnay. For example, most show a brightness and freshness with a subtle and graceful character that I appreciate, especially with my love of outstanding Burgundy. In fact, I think that at the price point of $25 to $40, Oregon generally makes better pinot and chardonnay than Burgundy. The very top of Burgundy is still the pinnacle for pinot and chardonnay, and few reach this in Oregon, yet it’s easy to find outstanding bottles of each in Oregon.

James Suckling – Eye Opening Chards, impeccable provenance, and the quest for breathtaking wines