WillaKenzie Estate is a small family-owned winery dedicated to making great wines from the Pinot family of grapes: Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Noir, as well as Gamay Noir made in the Beaujolais cru style. Owner Bernard Lacroute developed a passion for Pinot in his native province of Burgundy. In January 1991, Bernard and Ronni Lacroute discovered the ideal site to make great Pinot Noir, a beautiful 420- acre ranch in Yamhill County. The first vines were planted in 1992, and today over 100 acres of vineyards are arranged on rolling hills around untouched stands of majestic, native Douglas fir, oak and maple. WillaKenzie Estate owns an 18-acre vineyard in the Dundee Hills, which goes into a Jory Hills Pinot Noir. |
