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Wine:
"Justice is located in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA next to Bethel Heights Vineyard. Situated at around 450 feet, the rows face due south on Nekia soil with a sedimentary subsoil. The 2012 is 100% 777 from the DDW block.

Showing the weight and saturated color that is the characteristic of the 2012 vintage, this wine explodes from the glass. On the nose one is invited to taste through aromas of marionberry, black-raspberry fruit, earth, and a hint of a floral note. The entry shows big dark berry fruit, with excellent weight and a refined structure.

As the roots continue deeper into the sedimentary subsoil, the fruit expression of Justice has developed more dark fruit and mineral/chalk. Because we had excellent stem ripeness from the growing season, we used 20% whole cluster fruit to accentuate the spicy character of the grapes, and to add structure to an already superb wine.

This seven-barrel lot had one new barrel, two one-year-old barrels with the balance neutral wood. It was racked with inert gas once in the spring of 2013 after an indigenous malo-lactic, and was bottled unfined and unfiltered at the end of September 2012 after 12 months in oak." - Winery

Winery:
"Westrey Wine Company was founded in 1993 by co-winemakers Amy Wesselman and David Autrey, along with David’s father, Robert Autrey, in Oregon’s burgeoning Willamette Valley. Amy and David focus on crafting elegant Pinot Noir wines, fruit-driven Burgundian-style Chardonnay and crisp, refreshing Pinot Gris. The wines are designed to be balanced and ageworthy, always complementing and enlivening the food with which they are served.

Westrey wines are styled to showcase fruit in a context of balanced texture, acidity and alcohol. Grapes are harvested at the peak of balance between acidity and ripe flavors. Every winery process is carried out as gently as possible. Upon arrival at the winery, Pinot Noir is destemmed directly into fermentation vessels to keep handling to a minimum. Indigenous yeast is used wherever possible, and wine is pressed immediately at dryness to ensure the majority of extraction occurs before the presence of alcohol. New oak barrels are used to complement, rather than compete with, varietal character. Westrey Pinot Noirs are bottled unfined and unfiltered. Reserve and single-vineyard bottlings emphasize Westrey’s commitment to Pinot Noir." - Winery