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Region
USA > Oregon > Willamette Valley
Appellation
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Grapes
Pinot Noir
Soil
Volcanic soil, clay-loam overlaying some ancient marine sediments
Facts
Practicing organic, unfiltered, unfined, Native yeast, Hand harvest, minimal SO2
ABV
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Residual Sugar
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Sulfite Level
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Total Acidity
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Production (Bottles)
3600 bottles
The vineyard
Crawford Beck Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills
Age of the wines
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Altitude
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Size
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The cellar
Vessel
neutral oak
Elevage
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.
A lovely Pinot Noir slightly on the wild side. As ever with Montebruno’s wines, shows a great balance between fruit and acidity. Extraction is quite high as compared to others, but acidity and freshness remain. It’s bringing notes of black berries or dark cherries more than red fruit often found in the pinot noir. It also expresses a wild and almost smokeyness that makes it delightfull. Nice spices notes and very refined tannins.
A lovely Pinot Noir slightly on the wild side. As ever with Montebruno’s wines, shows a great balance between fruit and acidity. Extraction is quite high as compared to others, but acidity and freshness remain. It’s bringing notes of black berries or dark cherries more than red fruit often found in the pinot noir. It also expresses a wild and almost smokeyness that makes it delightfull. Nice spices notes and very refined tannins.
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 ...