Lange Wine Dinner at Enoteca Vin, Raleigh

[dananne]

As per usual, great notes. Freedom Hill Vineyard produces some wonderful fruit, and it is used for single-vineyard wines from Ken Wright, Panther Creek, St. Innocent, and Bethel Heights, among others. It is located in the foothills of the Coastal Range, just south of Dallas, Oregon, and planting started relatively early for Oregon, in '80. Interestingly, they planted in Bellpine (ocean floor) soil, unlike the volcanic, "red" soils around Lange in the Dundee Hills. Typically, Freedom Hill wines have more tannic structure and age very well. In a good year like '04, it should be able to go 10, easy.