King Estate

When I first started with wine King Estate was the new kid on the block in Oregon with some oldtimers in Oregon not happy with them because they brought a lot of money into the game and just took off. Of course we in KC know of the King Estate people from King Radio. They took the money from the business sale and went to Oregon. Nowadays King Estate has become one of the old school wineries with all the new garage wines popping up all over northern oregon.

They have a new line called"next:" which includes the next question, the next generation, basically wine that is a little different than the estate bottling. Currently with purchased fruit but they are wanting to buy land in Columbia valley both in Oregon and Washington.


Next: Washington Riesling 2006 a light wine in color and texture. off dry so not really sweet like some can be..almost a sweet pinot gris style.

Next: Pinot Noir 2006 light flavors, a touch green on the nose and taste. medium bodied. not so bad for the price point...around $20.


King Estate Pinot Gris 2006 light bodied, nice minerality.

Domaine Pinot Gris 2006 The domaine series is their high end, single vineyard wine. Much more structure and intense.

King Estate Pinot Noir 2006 Very nice texture and flavors. soft but long finish. pretty sexy.

Domaine vin de glace Pinot Gris. 06 dark straw, luscious wine. apricots came to mind. not overly sweet at all because the pinot gris has a nice acidity. dont serve this too cold, you will lose the viscosity.


NxNW Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia 2005 King estate did make a Cab in good years in the late 80's early 90's but they were not happy with the quality of the grapes so they stopped. This fruit is sourced from the Seven Hills Vineyard and forthe money a great buy. More of a Bordeaux style Cab with lots of subtle flavors. Around $30.