About
Sunlit Canyon Cellars is a small family-run vineyard and winery located high on a ridge overlooking Hood Canal and the Olympic Mountains in Belfair, Washington. They produce the only estate wines in the area, specializing in cool-climate Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir grapes planted in 2007, with a very limited number of cases bottled annually for balanced, high-quality wines. Their winemaker applies over a century of industry experience to craft world-class wines in an untapped region similar to Burgundy, France.
Estate Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
Cool climate wines from Belfair overlooking Hood Canal
Limited production, hand-crafted
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What They Make
2021 Pinot Noir B1
100% Precose clone, aged on a Seguin Moreau barrel for 14 months. Full-bodied Pinot that will take a few years of aging.
2021 Pinot Noir B2
Combination of Precose, 115 and 667 clones. 50% aged on Marsannay barrel for 14 months, 50% neutral, blended. Lighter with nice fruit.
2021 Pinot Noir B5
Blend of 4 different Pinot Noir clones, 2 yeast strains. 50% new Seguin Moreau, 50% 3-year-old Marsannay. Star of the vintage, needs cellar time.
2021 Pinot Noir B6
New #777 clone. 50% new Seguin Moreau, 50% neutral Marsannay. Needs years to mature.
2021 Pinot Noir B9
Blend of 3 clones, aged on new and neutral Marsannay barrels. Softer with floral notes, starting to drink well.