2021 Troon Vineyard Piquette Méthode Ancestrale Applegate Valley
Piquette is normally made by adding water to the press cake, consisting mostly of grape skin and seeds, that remains after a red wine…
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2020 Troon Vineyard White Blend Côtes du Kubli Cowhorn Vineyard Applegate Valley
Troon’s Rhône-style white blend is 55 percent Roussanne, 25 percent Marsanne, and 20 Viognier, organically and biodynamically grown in their estate Cowhorn vineyard. It’s…
2020 Troon Vineyard Kubli Bench Estate Vermentino Applegate Valley
Troon draws inspiration for their Vermentino from the wines of Corsica and Sardegna. The fruit is organically and biodynamically grown in their estate vineyard,…
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2019 Montinore Estate Pinot Gris Willamette Valley
Montinore farms organically and biodynamically. Fermentation for this wine is conducted in stainless steel with a mix of cultures, some inoculated. The wine ages…
2018 Soter Vineyards Pinot Noir Mineral Springs Ranch Yamhill-Carlton
This Soter estate Pinot was grown in their 240-acre certified organic and biodynamic ranch in Yamhill-Carlton, which has both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines….
2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Tablas Rouge Paso Robles
Esprit de Tablas is the winery’s flagship red, a Rhône-inspired blend that balances Mourvèdre and Grenache with a dose of Syrah and Counoise. Farming…
2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard Mourvèdre Paso Robles
This is not your grandmother’s Mourvèdre. Tablas Creek’s bottling is light-colored, light-textured, and juicy, quite different from the chewier examples from warm reaches of…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Grenache Blanc Paso Robles
The majority of Tablas Creek’s estate Grenache blanc goes into their white Rhône-style blends, but they also make about 1,000 cases into a varietal…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Patelin de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles
Tablas Creek’s Patelin de Tablas Blanc is a Rhône-style white blend, 40 percent Grenache blanc, 21 percent Viognier, 19 percent Roussanne, 15 percent Marsanne,…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Côtes de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles
Tablas Creek’s Côtes de Tablas Blanc is a Rhône-style white blend based on Viognier. In this 2020 vintage, the cuvée is 38 percent Viognier,…
2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Tablas Blanc Paso Robles
Tablas Creek’s Esprit Blanc is its prestige Rhône-style white. The blend is 63 percent Roussanne, a grape with firm structure and texture, with the…