Résonance
When Maison Louis Jadot went looking outside Burgundy for the first time in its history, it bought this vineyard — dry-farmed, own-rooted, planted in 1981. Jacques Lardière came out of retirement to make the first vintages. There are two tasting rooms.
Two rooms, different days. Carlton is open daily; the Dundee Hills room is Thursday–Monday. Check which one your booking is for.
Louis Jadot had never bought a vineyard outside Burgundy. In 2013 it bought this one. Jacques Lardière, who had made Jadot’s wine for forty years and had just retired, came back to make the first vintages here.
The wine
Ask for the Résonance Vineyard Pinot Noir — the single-vineyard estate bottling from the original site in Yamhill-Carlton, dry-farmed and own-rooted since 1981. The 2022 is the one to look for, around $66; there is no 2023 of this wine.
Do not confuse it with the Résonance Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, which is the volume wine at around $32 and a different proposition entirely. Four estate vineyards in all, across three AVAs, planted roughly seventy per cent Pinot Noir to thirty Chardonnay.
Who it is for
Expressive wines and a breathtaking tasting room, with a French Burgundian focus that is not a marketing line here but an ownership fact. The best thing they do is the French Connection flight at $95 — three pairs of Résonance and Jadot wines, tasted side by side with French cheeses. Nothing else in the valley can offer that.
Who would find it wrong: anyone who does not want to be awed. This is built to impress, and if that is not what you came for it will feel like a lot.
What to expect
Walk-ins are welcome for the standard tasting at either room, though the longer experiences need booking. Carlton is open daily, eleven to five; the Dundee Hills room Thursday to Monday, the same hours. Guillaume Large makes the wine now.
The vineyards are farmed organically but carry no certification.
Luxury and beauty that makes you feel a world away, while getting that French feel in the Willamette Valley.
Planning a Willamette trip?
Get each entry as it is written.
New winery entries, sent as they are published. No filler, no schedule — only when there is something worth reading.
No spam. No sharing. One email, and only more if you want them.