July 19, 2018

Our Senior editor, Dr. Owen Bargreen, has been working hard over past six months tasting roughly 500 wines from Oregon. The region has been blessed with a wonderful run of compelling vintages. The 2014 vintage saw warm, near perfect conditions which was backed by another sensational vintage in 2015, which despite a few heat spikes during summer, the crop ended up in marvelous condition. The 2016 vintage shows great promise as well, with potentially even more tension in the wines from the slightly cooler growing season. This reports covers the latest releases primarily from 2014-2016, and highlights the exceptional wines from these vintages which earned 90 points or higher.