Clandeboye Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, pan-seared salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
Named in honor of the historic Clandeboye Estate in Northern Ireland, a nod to winemaker David O'Reilly's Irish ancestry, the Owen Roe Clandeboye Pinot Noir is a distinguished expression of Oregon's Willamette Valley. Sourced primarily from select low-yielding vineyards in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, such as the Merriman Vineyard, this wine benefits from ancient marine sedimentary soils. The terroir imparts a signature savory complexity and deep dark-fruit character. Owen Roe employs traditional, minimal-intervention winemaking techniques, including small-batch fermentation and aging in French oak barrels. This approach preserves the delicate tension, vibrant acidity, and refined tannins that define high-quality Oregon Pinot Noir, weaving a tale of Old World heritage meeting New World terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1999 by David and Angelica O'Reilly, Owen Roe is named in honor of the 17th-century Irish patriot Owen Roe O'Neill. Operating across the Pacific Northwest, the winery bridges Washington’s Yakima Valley and Oregon’s Willamette Valley, celebrating cool-climate microclimates, diverse volcanic and windblown loess soils, and dry, high-sunlight ripening conditions. Following a brief period under corporate ownership, the O'Reilly family repurchased the estate in 2024 to reassert their founding independent vision. The viticultural and cellar philosophy prioritizes rigorous low-yield vineyard management, hand harvesting, small-lot fermentations, and judicious use of French oak barrel aging to preserve varietal clarity and site-specific typicity. Sourcing from benchmark terroirs such as Red Willow and DuBrul, Owen Roe produces critically acclaimed single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Chardonnay alongside value-driven cuvées under their Sharecropper’s and Corvidae labels, delivering structured, cellar-worthy expressions marked by vibrant acidity and deep concentration.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir