Pascal Brooks, Owner |
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
Social Media
Twitter: @brookswinery
Brooks Facebook
Brooks Instagram
Brooks YouTube
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| Current Items from Brooks |
| Cat # |
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Pack-Size |
Net |
Reviews |
| 7128 |
Brooks 2012 'Amycas' White Blend, Willamette Valley |
12-750 |
$144 |
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| 6532 |
Brooks 2010 'Ara' Riesling, Willamette Valley |
12-750 |
$216 |
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| 5801 |
Brooks (1.5 L) 2009 Riesling, Willamette Valley |
6-1.5 L |
$168 |
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| 7419 |
Brooks 2013 Pinot Blanc, Willamette Valley |
12-750 |
$156 |
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| 6768 |
Brooks 2012 Pinot Gris, Eola-Amity Hills |
12-750 |
$180 |
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| 6426 |
Brooks 2010 Riesling, Willamette Valley |
12-750 |
$180 |
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| 6839 |
Brooks 2011 'Janus' Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley |
12-750 |
$280 |
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| 6505 |
Brooks 2009 'Rastaban' Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills |
12-750 |
$384 |
BH 90 |
| 7153 |
Brooks 2012 'Runaway Red' Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley |
12-750 |
$190 |
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| 7172 |
Brooks 2012 Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley |
12-750 |
$230 |
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| 6468 |
Brooks 2011 'Sweet P' Riesling, Eola-Amity Hills |
12-750 |
$198 |
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| 6511 |
Brooks 2012 'Sweet P' Riesling, Eola-Amity Hills |
12-750 |
$198 |
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