Le Cadeau Pacific Northwest Vintner Tasting w/Tom Mortimer TICKET - Friday, June 26th, 2026 @ 6 PM

Tom Mortimer joins us in La Cave for a closer look at Le Cadeau, the Parrett Mountain estate he and Deb built from a raw, difficult hillside. The vineyard was planted on broken volcanic basalt, with 18 Pinot Noir clones spread across different soils and exposures.

That is why we find what Tom has done with Le Cadeau so fascinating: he lets the hillside show its different sides.

The center of the tasting is three Le Cadeau Pinots side by side: Red Label Estate, Côte Est, and Trajet Reserve. Same estate, same grape, but different soils, slopes, and clone selections give each bottling its own expression.

We’ll open with Le Cadeau’s Sparkling Blanc de Noirs before moving into the three Pinot bottlings, then finish with Joleté Quintessence Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Mountain in Washington for a final look at Tom’s work outside the Willamette Valley.

With Tom in the room, we can connect what is in the glass to his choices behind the site: soil, clone, exposure, and selection.

Event Snapshot

• Date: Friday, June 26
• Time: 6:00 to 7:30 PM
• Location: La Cave at Petit Philippe
• Format: Seated vintner tasting
• Host: Tom Mortimer, founder of Le Cadeau Vineyard and Joleté Wines
• Featured Wines: 5 wines
• Ticket: $60 per person

Featured Wines

• Le Cadeau Blanc de Noirs Sparkling 2017 | $50 retail
• Le Cadeau Red Label Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2023 | $57 retail
• Le Cadeau Côte Est Pinot Noir Chehalem Mountains 2019 | $66 retail
• Le Cadeau Trajet Reserve Pinot Noir Chehalem Mountains 2021 | $96 retail
• Joleté Quintessence Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain 2022 | $40 retail

About the Tasting
Le Cadeau is the kind of producer that becomes clearer when the wines are tasted together. A single bottle can show the quality of the estate. The side-by-side lineup shows the decisions behind it.

The three Pinot Noir bottlings give us the main thread of the evening. Red Label Estate, Côte Est, and Trajet Reserve each come from the same Parrett Mountain project, but they are shaped by different soils, slopes, clone selections, and barrel selections. Tasting them together gives a better read on why Tom built the vineyard the way he did, and why Le Cadeau does not feel like one broad Oregon Pinot style.

The Sparkling Blanc de Noirs opens the night with Pinot in a different form: bright, textured, and lifted. The Joleté Cabernet closes the tasting with Red Mountain fruit and a fuller Washington frame, giving us a final contrast after the Le Cadeau Pinot sequence.

About Le Cadeau
Tom and Deb Mortimer built Le Cadeau from a hillside that was not easy to farm, but that difficulty is part of what gives the estate its interest. Broken volcanic basalt, shifting exposures, and clone diversity all give Tom different material to work with.

The wines are connected by the site, but they are not interchangeable. That is the draw here: one estate, several expressions, and enough contrast between bottlings to make the tasting feel like a real look inside the vineyard.

About Joleté
Joleté gives Tom a way to work beyond the Le Cadeau estate, including Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Mountain in Washington. In this lineup, the Joleté Quintessence Cabernet is not the main story, but it is a useful final pour: a fuller, darker contrast after the Pinot Noir sequence, and another look at Tom’s choices outside the Willamette Valley.

Good to Know

• Seating is limited for this seated tasting in La Cave.
• Featured wines will be available for purchase, subject to availability.
• Tickets are required for attendance.
• Please let us know in advance about any seating or accessibility needs.