(2024) Tavola is part of the small range that introduces Ponzi, made with a combination of estate and purchased fruit from across Willamette. Max calls this a 'fun' wine and a 'pizza wine'. Nicely pale and transparent, it is leafy and perfumed, touches of pot-pourri spices and red fruits. The palate has brightness and plenty of drive. It is medium-bodied, and the mid-palate fleshes out with creamy and sweet berries. Tannins and acid combine to again add a sparky, lemony freshness to the finish. Note price and stockist for previous vintage at time of review.

(2024) Fruit is 100% Laurelwood, a small amount from local growers who planted their vineyards with Laurelwood cuttings. Fermentation included 10% whole cluster, fermented in small lots. It was aged in French oak barrels (30% new) for 10 months. Deep cherry touched by briar and spice, there's a tiny edge of sweet vanilla and something floral. Beautifully sweet as it strikes the palate, this has succulence and an undertow of orange and sour Chinese plum. Tannins are moderate and creamy rather than forceful, giving this a long, spiced fruit finish. Again, stockist and price for previous vintage at time of review.

(2020) This Pinot comes from the Eola-Amity Hills AVA, now towards the south of Willamette Valley, harvesting around two to three weeks later than Dundee Hills for example. Biodynamically farmed since 2007, this vineyard is planted on its own roots and the wine sees around 25% whole bunches in the ferment. An interesting nose here, not nearly so buoyant and expressive as some, with a savoury, iodine, almost seaweed-herby character. The black fruit quality comes through on the palate - still savoury and dark, a little roasted chestnut note, firm and taut tannins and a cherry skin bite to the really quite salty, sour orange acidity, though a sweeter cherry flesh fruitiness does begin to assert, the whole picture structured, savoury and multi-faceted.