Archery Summit
Grape to Glass | Archery Summit
About
At Archery Summit, we embrace traditional winemaking techniques as well as Pinot-centric technological innovations, enabling us to craft the very best wine from each vintage. Painstaking efforts, including hand-farming and harvesting, have helped us forge an international reputation for being one of the finest Pinot Noir producers in the world. We offer a variety of unique guest experiences. For a casual tasting, visit our tasting room and explore a selection of our current release Pinot Noirs on our Signature Tasting flight. For a more in depth and educational experience, we offer private tours of our gravity flow winery and barrel caves as well as a variety of private tastings that offer the opportunity to experience an extended flight of our most exclusive and limited production wines. Tours and private tastings are available by prior appointment.
Location Description
Archery Summit is located 45 minutes south of Portland. Travelling south on I-5, take exit 99W toward McMinnville (exit number 294). Continue on 99W through Tigard, Sherwood, Newberg and Dundee. Approximately 1 mile south of Dundee, turn right on Archery Summit Road. Follow gravel road .8 of a mile until you reach our gate.
Features
- We have the only wine caves in Oregon.
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Winemaker
Ian brings an incredible dedication, energy and passion to his role as winemaker at Archery Summit. After working harvests across Sonoma County, Barossa Valley, New Zealand and South Africa, Ian discovered his love of small production, hand-crafted cool climate varietals during a trip to Burgundy. Ian brought this newfound passion to the Willamette Valley, where he settled in 2008 to hone his crafting of site-specific Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Previous experience at Evening Land Vineyards, where he worked under the tutelage of legendary Burgundian winemaker Dominique Lafon, and Scott Paul Wines, where he helped establish their award-winning wine program, allowed Ian to grow and evolve his winemaking skills and philosophy.
History
The Team
Oregon native with more than 30 years of experience growing Pinot Noir in Willamette Valley, Tim began his career in Oregon’s then-fledgling wine industry in the 1980’s. Hired to plant the vines at Rex Hill Vineyards, Tim went on to manage the estate for 14 years, learning hands on through trial and error the behavior and intricacies of Willamette Valley. In 1999, Tim took a position at Domaine Drouhin as Site Manager. Having demonstrated an unmatched ability to consistently produce quality fruit, Drouhin sought his expertise as the estate assembled its own team. After 15 years of nurturing their vines, Tim was eager for a new challenge. Able to be selective at this point in his career, he came to Archery Summit. According to Tim, “It’s all about baby steps in making the fruit a little better. Little changes amongst the vines, can have a huge impact in the bottle.”
Practices & Techniques
Archery Summit pioneered the gravity-flow system of winemaking, eliminating the need for mechanical pumps used to transport must and wine among fermentors, tanks and barrels. Our design utilizes five levels: grapes received at the crush pad on the top level travel downward, one floor at a time, to our fermentation hall, aging caves and bottling area. By using an elevator built into the cellar 60 feet below ground, barrels can be lifted for racking and blending and filled without the use of pumps. This process prevents any stress on the wine that might impair its essence. Likewise, the winemaking team employs special fermentation techniques and varies barrel regimen to precisely match the cooper and toast level with the specific vineyard blocks and vintage conditions. These extra efforts are what allow us to craft wines that vividly express their distinct places of origin.
Estate Vineyards / AVA
Reviews
Dayton, Oregon
In love with their Pinot Gris!
They have delicious wines and the atmosphere is great!
January 2015
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