Popped and poured; served with cedar plank grilled Copper River salmon and Nordic mac & cheese. Extended skin contact gives this Pinot Gris a pale red color (in the case of the MMXV, darker than a rosé but not quite ruby colored). Cloudy with a significant amount of sediment. Given the combination of aging in amphora and acacia barrel, I expected more complexity. Instead, this was really a very one-dimensional wine. It was all fresh strawberries. Low tannins, and low-ish acid makes this come across a touch flabby for my tastes. But it is amazingly pure...and a good match with the meal. There is only a minuscule amount of this wine made so it was nice to have an opportunity to try it. Hoping more recent vintages are giving something more though.
Popped and poured; served with cedar plank grilled Copper River salmon and Nordic mac & cheese. Extended skin contact gives this Pinot Gris a pale red color (in the case of the MMXV, darker than a rosé but not quite ruby colored). Cloudy with a significant amount of sediment. Given the combination of aging in amphora and acacia barrel, I expected more complexity. Instead, this was really a very one-dimensional wine. It was all fresh strawberries. Low tannins, and low-ish acid makes this come across a touch flabby for my tastes. But it is amazingly pure...and a good match with the meal. There is only a minuscule amount of this wine made so it was nice to have an opportunity to try it. Hoping more recent vintages are giving something more though.
Jun 7th, 2019
Chehalem Mountains, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
