Description
Kelley Fox Wines produces Oregon Pinot Noir from the historic Maresh Vineyard and the Demeter-certified biodynamic Momtazi Vineyard.
She makes small batches of Pinot Noir from carefully, biodynamically tended vineyards. Her wines show finesse and drinkability across the range, with the voice of each vineyard ringing out true from each cuvee.
Kelly created along with her father, Gerson “Gus” Stearns. The first vintage was 2007, starting with just over 100 cases. The annual case production is now just shy of 2000 cases, all from the historic Maresh Vineyard and the Demeter-certified biodynamic Momtazi Vineyard (since the beginning).
Kelley Fox takes a very spiritual approach to her winemaking, preparing her biodynamic remedies herself and always remaining in tune with her vineyard. Her winery focusses on Pinot noir from self-rooted, dry-farmed, old vines of the historic Maresh Vineyard in the Dundee Hills of Oregon, and the Weber Vineyards of the same district.
The wines are made to reflect the land, the vines, the fruit of the vines, the year, and everything else unknown and unseen that comes with those things. That said, the wines are not really “made” at all.
As the winemaker, Kelley Fox has no end result in mind each year for the what the wines will be. What she is doing is responding to the essence of the fruit from each block, which she hopes is carrying the essence of the earth that bore it, along with the details of the year (the weather, the stars and the planets).
