Notes from winemaker Nate Reddy:
A two-acre vineyard adjacent to Hiyu–they were once part of the same turn-of-the-century farm and we have cared for the vines alongside ours since 2015. The parcel is planted to heirloom California Wente Farm Chardonnay clone, small clusters clone cuttings taken from Celilo vineyard on Underwood, and smaller amounts of Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir.
Country
United States
Sub-Region
Columbia Gorge
Region
Oregon
Varieties
Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Farming
Biodynamic
Soil
Sandy loam on basalt
Winemaking
An assemblage of wines from the same plot from 2015 through 2020 vintages. All manually-harvested, vinified and aged separately, some with extended maceration on the skins, some directly pressed. Assembled in the spring 2021, in a series of 500-liter puncheons to further age together, with the aim of maintaining a kind of “Solera” system for this plot in the future. Bottled by hand, unfined, unfiltered, 5ppm of SO2 at bottling.