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United States
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The vineyard
Crawford Beck Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills
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The cellar
Slow, cool fermentation carried out by indigenous yeast in small, open-topped vats. No additives at all. The free run juice is transferred to neutral oak barrels where the wine develops for about one year before being bottled unfiltered.
Vessel
neutral oak, Neutral oak
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The Crawford Beck vineyard is distinct in its own micro-terroir. Its soils are of volcanic origin, having been laid down by lava flows that occurred some 15 million years ago. These clay-loam soils overlay some ancient marine sediments that in many places are not far below the volcanic soils.
The Crawford Beck vineyard lies on the gentle slopes of a swale that faces south-southwest, looking across the Willamette Valley toward the gap in the Coast Range ( Van Duzer Corridor ) through which cooling breezes flow into the Valley. These breezes blow steadily all summer, bathing the slopes at night with relief from the day’s heat. These diurnal temperature swings provide the balancing acidity, which is essential in making age-worthy Pinot Noir.
The Crawford Beck vineyard is distinct in its own micro-terroir. Its soils are of volcanic origin, having been laid down by lava flows that occurred some 15 million years ago. These clay-loam soils overlay some ancient marine sediments that in many places are not far below the volcanic soils.
The Crawford Beck vineyard lies on the gentle slopes of a swale that faces south-southwest, looking across the Willamette Valley toward the gap in the Coast Range ( Van Duzer Corridor ) through which cooling breezes flow into the Valley. These breezes blow steadily all summer, bathing the slopes at night with relief from the day’s heat. These diurnal temperature swings provide the balancing acidity, which is essential in making age-worthy Pinot Noir.
About Montebruno
Montebruno is a winery like no other in the USA . It is the project of Joe Pedicini , deriving the name his grandmother’s maiden name , Angela Montebruno . Joe’s approach to wine has been very much inspired by his grandmother , as she taught him how to make wine while doing it for friends and family , as was common in Italy . She used the old traditional way to make wines , following the practices the her forefathers were using and passing from generation to generation , using minimal technology and additives , relying on the fruit and following the laws of nature . These laws , very often , can also be found in the biodynamic approach , although Joe’s grandma , like many ...