Tasting Notes

The wine is the pale color of straw with chartreuse flecks dancing through it. The nose is beeswax, linalool, fresh pineapple and lemon zest. The pallet is rich with notes of toasted almond and vanilla bean, but bright with notes of citrus and fresh peach. The fruit is sourced from the Dupee Vineyard in the McMinnville AVA and consists of a three-clone blend; 95, 76 and 548. They are picked together and co-fermented. It is barrel fermented and then aged in 40% new French oak for fourteen months, which results in an elegant integration of oak and fruit.

130 Cases produced

About Mad Violets

Mad Violets symbolize many threads in the tapestry of our boutique brand and is named for our two daughters: Madeleine and Violet. They helped make the wines and tend the vines in our little Buttonfield Estate Vineyard on Chehalem Mountain where they were raised. Also woven into our brand is the colorful beauty of wildflowers, as they welcome spring to the meadows of Buttonfield each year. So much so that Mad Violets is also the name used for the ephemeral “shooting star” flower which blooms in the Chehalem Valley in early spring. Our label also has our favorite beneficial insect stylized into the artwork—the praying mantis. Our barrel select Pinot Noir is called “Mantis” in deference to this regal and elusive creature. Mad Violets evokes wines of depth and character. Made in small batches, our wines are consistently vibrant, balanced and charming. It requires a leap of faith to start a boutique wine brand, and Mad Violets points to our crazy courage in pouring our lives into wine bottles in order to share our art and enthusiasm with others.