2023 Unabridged Sauvignon Blanc

$45.00

Electric green
Yodeling across the sea
Salt echoes back to me

Our ‘Unabridged’ Sauvignon Blanc comes from Garnier Vineyard just east of Mosier, Oregon on the banks of the mighty Columbia River in the Columbia Gorge AVA. The soil here is shallow sandy loam with numerous basalt protrusions throughout the vineyard. Sunny, wind-blown and visually dramatic, this site produces wines that are as vivid and striking as their environs.

Hand harvested on September 9th, 2023, the fruit for this ‘unabridged’ version of Sauvignon Blanc was slowly whole-cluster fermented for 8 weeks before being pressed by hand and transferred to a cigar-shaped barrels for 14 months on light lees until bottling in December 2024. Our unique cigar shaped barrels were crafted for us by Master Cooper Philippe Grillot of Atelier Center of France and is the same design he conceptualized with Didier Dagueneau for his renowned Sauvignon Blancs from the Loire region in France.

Tasting Notes

Peony, snap pea, forest fern and sea grass this wine is expressive, expansive and salty. It’s textured, brisk, and full of flavors like spruce tips, pomelo, green apple and guava. There is a note here that’s green but not grassy at all, more sedge and bee balm and moss. This wine is a walk in the NW woods in Springtime, fresh and electric and alive.