Est. 2001. Importer & Distributor of Fine Wine, Craft Spirits, and Ginjo Sake

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Brooks
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Pascal Brooks, Owner
Pascal Brooks, Owner


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Country of Origin: USA
Location: Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon
People: Pascal Brooks, Owner | Janie Brooks Heuck, Manager/Sister | Chris Williams, Winemaker


Founded in 1998, Brooks is a reflection of the visionary Portland native, Jimi Brooks. His reverence for the land and vines made him a practitioner of organic and biodynamic farming. The great respect for vineyard individuality and mastery of blending, allowed his wines to achieve the greatest depth, flavors and balance. While Jimi is no longer with us, his dynamic spirit lives on through his wines, family and friends.

Jimi’s son Pascal who was the ultimate source of his passion for life, is now the sole owner of the winery and sister Janie Brooks Heuck has remarkably volunteered her time to manage Brooks while Jimi attends school. Both Pascal and Janie are steadily guided by the legacies that Jimi left: his strong commitment to organic and biodynamic farming in the vineyards, gentle approach to winemaking, excitement for future harvests and endlessly promoting how beautifully Pinot Noir and Riesling can be grown and produced in Oregon.

The Momtazi Vineyard fruit and Eola-Amity Hills Vineyard fruit are farmed biodynamically. Brooks wines are vegetarian. No egg or fish products are used.

Wine Advocate 2012
"Portlandian Jimi Brooks was among Oregon’s path-breakers and most prominent proselytizers for biodynamic viticulture, and when in 2004 death cut to a mere half dozen years tenure as director of his own winery, his sister Janie Brooks Heuck and assistant winemaker Chris Williams determined to perpetuate the Brooks legacy and style, until such time as control of the estate falls to Jimi Brook’s son Pascal, now 16. An enormous diversity of fruit sources was and remains integral to the Brooks program, but a source intimately associated with Jimi Brooks’ career – the 20-acre Eola-Amity Hills Vineyard planted to Riesling and Pinot in 1974 by pioneers Don and Carolyn Byard – changed hands to become the Brooks Estate Vineyard in 2009. Fruit for Brooks Pinots is always de-stemmed, receives two or even three weeks of cold soak (or is that even the right word in such a case?!) in a refrigerated chamber; ferments spontaneously (de rigeur for biodynamists); is extracted via both punch-downs and pump-overs; and typically spends 18 months in barrel."

Media Links
Terroirist: Weekly Interview with Chris Williams

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Items
Brooks 2012 'Amycas' White Blend, Willamette Valley Net Price — —
Brooks 2010 'Ara' Riesling, Willamette Valley Net Price — —
Brooks (1.5 L) 2009 Riesling, Willamette Valley Net Price — —
Brooks 2013 Pinot Blanc, Willamette Valley Net Price — — New!
Brooks 2012 Pinot Gris, Eola-Amity Hills Net Price — —
Brooks 2010 Riesling, Willamette Valley Net Price — —
Brooks 2011 'Janus' Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley Net Price — —
Brooks 2009 'Rastaban' Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills Net Price Reviews —
Brooks 2012 'Runaway Red' Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley Net Price — —
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Brooks 2011 'Sweet P' Riesling, Eola-Amity Hills Net Price — —
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Reviews
Brooks 2009 'Rastaban' Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills
Rating: 90

An exceptionally fresh and very Pinot nose also blends in spice, plum and a hint of smoke. There is excellent richness to the round and solidly well-concentrated flavors that possess plenty of mouth coating dry extract that imparts a velvety texture to the persistent and utterly delicious finish. Worth considering as this is really very good.

- Burghound (4/1/2013)