Limited Addition White Crush 2024

From the winery:

In our effort to continue to reimagine what the Willamette Valley can achieve we continue our exploration of river valley blends this new white blend brings together both the history of the valley’s viticulture heritage in old vine own-rooted Pinot blanc, the current planting focus of Chardonnay, and the future in Sauvignon blanc. This blend will continue to be our flagship blanc blend and an homage to what the Willamette Valley could contribute to the “White Blend” category, we source from across the valley’s eleven AVAs. 

The old-vine own-rooted Pinot blanc coming from Tsai Vineyard in Yamhill Carlton AVA, the Sauvignon blanc from the Van Duzer Corridor AVA and Chardonnay from Eola-Amity Hills and greater Willamette AVAs. We continue to work with farmers throughout the valley to keep their old vine plantings of varieties like pinot blanc and explore with growers the opportunities for expanding the narrative on what the Willamette Valley can grow exceptionally well with additions of varieties like Aligote and Sauvignon blanc and other varieties that express well in a cool river valley climate. We are excited to continue this conversation about the potential of blends from the valley, these styles are especially well suited to the exuberant character of young vines. 

Wines are fermented in neutral French barriques and a portion in tank, full malo-lactic fermentation is completed before the wine is bottled. We love the Yuzu citrus and key-lime profile of this wine!