Each vintage, Ken meticulously tastes every barrel in the cellar before creating the final bottlings. During these extensive tastings, there will be a few rare barrels that are remarkably compelling. These barrels are reserved for Auric Pinot Noir. The meaning of the word Auric is "containing gold" or "the aura surrounding a living thing." Wine is indeed a living thing.

Floral & Spice Focused. Rose petal, blueberry and bramble fruits with underlying umami and cedar. Hints of candied grapefruit and cranberry on the soft and luscious palate.

Over 40 years of wine making has taught Ken a simple truth: source is everything. Located, in rural Carlton, Oregon, Ken Wright Cellars is devoted to producing wine that showcase the inherent quality of world class vineyard sites. With a clarity and breadth that is unequaled, Pinot noir is the ultimate vehicle for conveying the aroma, flavor and texture of the location in which it is grown. Ken Wright Cellars now produces a single vineyard Pinot Noir from 13 vineyard sites in the Northern Willamette Valley.

Proof/ABV: 13.5