This best-barrel selection from Amalie Robert is named in honor of what should have been one of the Willamette Valley's newest and most exciting sub-AVA designations. Thanks to an amusing series of events, the committee landed upon a different name: "Mount Pisgah of Polk County, Oregon", but Dinah and Ernie at Amalie Robert will always wonder what could have been if they could label their estate vineyard as Mistletoe Ridge AVA.

The Pinot is a good one, with every ounce of the intensity and powerful dark fruit of the vintage, with a few years in bottle for a suave, late blooming elegance.