Belle Pente Vineyard & Winery
Winery · Founded 1994 · Carlton, OR
Also known as Belle Pente
Family winery on a 70-acre hillside and 1840s farmstead two miles east of Carlton, founded in 1994 by Jill and Brian O'Donnell, with its first vintage in 1996. It makes about 4,500 cases a year, two-thirds Pinot noir and two-thirds from estate grapes, drawing on Burgundy and Alsace for inspiration.
Ownership
- Brian O'Donnell (co-founder, from 1994)
- Jill O'Donnell (co-founder, from 1994)
- Belle Pente Estate Vineyard (estate vineyard, present)
Work
- Brian O'Donnell (winemaker, 1996–present)
- Marcial Gonzales (vineyard manager, present)
Fruit sourcing
- Murto Vineyard (sources fruit from: vineyard-designated Pinot noir, 1997–2019)
- Bella Vida Vineyard (sources fruit from: Pinot noir for the Willamette Valley bottling, 2001–2018)
- Rivenwood Vineyard (sources fruit from: Pinot gris; farmed by Belle Pente, 2007–present)
- Hyland Vineyard (sources fruit from: old-vines Gewürztraminer, 2003–2006)
- Hyland Vineyard (sources fruit from: old-vines Riesling, 2014–present)
- Stag Hollow Vineyard (sources fruit from: Early Muscat and Muscat Ottonel, 2005–present)
- Foxy Rock Vineyard (sources fruit from: Pinot noir for the Willamette Valley bottlings, 2017–present)
- Aileron Hill Vineyard (sources fruit from: Pinot noir for the Willamette Valley bottlings, 2019–present)