2022 Vintage Wines
2022 is the sort of classic Oregon vintage that built the Willamette Valley’s reputation.
Expect wines of vibrancy and purity, with seductive aromatics and captivating minerality.
History Ablaze
A bottle that might be called daring if you felt like that term could be applied to winemaking. This is our homage to "serious" rosés like Valentini and Pepe Cerasuolo, Pataille Fleur de Pinot, L'Anglore, and Chateau Simone, which have either gotten significantly more expensive, or hard to find, or both—and so we had to make something to drink ourselves. A single-vineyard wine, it was treated to a nearly 18 month élevage in older barrels, which added a layer of savoriness and complexity to balance the cherry-red and strawberry fruit of the wine. It’s a contemplative bottle to drink over the next five years.
Lusty Little Crushes
We love making light, fresh reds—the kind of wines that make you wonder where the rest of the bottle went and seemingly pair with everything. Lusty Little Crushes is the newest incarnation of that paradigm, a co-fermentation of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris that reminds us of bottles from the Loire or Beaujolais in its red fruited, vibrant personality.
Hard Promises
The 2022 is a flinty, electric-edged version of the wine—a throwback to the ‘18 in a lot of ways. The vintage was a late one, with long hang-times but a late-fall harvest, which meant that acidity held on even as the grapes were able to develop an exotic, yuzu ripeness. ant that acidity held on even as the grapes were able to develop an exotic, yuzu ripeness. At this point, Hard Promises has its own fan club and production is still tiny, so perhaps it's not wise for us to fan the flames too much. Yet with an hour or two in a decanter, this reveals immense potential, and so like past vintages it should blossom in the cellar into precisely what we hope Pinot Blanc can be.
You + Me + The Moon
An homage to the fresh, electric white wines of Friuli—where blending grapes to combine their individual strengths is a long-standing tradition. Made from Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris, it’s a delightful wine that’s capable of aging for a half-decade, but we won’t be able to keep our hands off it for that long. Possibly the most purely delicious thing we’ve ever bottled.