One of the best deals in American Pinot Noir, the Evesham Wood Willamette Valley bottling amazes in the $25 range. This wine is an assemblage from the top sites used in the Evesham Wood and Haden Fig single-vineyard bottlings, blended to give a picture of a year in the valley. This wine punches far above its weight class, with savoury herbs and soaring florals on the nose, complemented by mint, thyme, and white pepper. The palate is filled with electric red fruits, tart cranberries, blood orange, and a tremendous salty minerality that cuts through the fruit brilliantly. One of the most under-the-radar talents in the country, Erin Nuccio, of both Evesham Wood and Haden Fig, continues to make some of the Valley’s best wines and definitively produces the best values in the region.