2020 Maysara Winery "3 Degrees" Pinot Noir (McMinnville, Willamette Valley, OR) 3R

Moe Momtazi was born and raised in Tehran where he watched his father make wine in their basement, before he fled Iran as a refugee in 1983, got a degree in engineering from the University of Texas, and eventually purchased his first vineyards in Oregon in 1997. Now, Moe and his winemaker wife, Flora, are growing high-quality fruit and producing world-class wines. This Pinot Noir is an excellent example, with notes of fresh earth, dried leaves, cracked pepper, and juicy black cherries.