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Margerum Ranch Vineyard Pinot Gris

Margerum Ranch Vineyard Pinot Gris Wine Details
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Description: We succeeded to get about two tons per acre from our little vineyard in the Cascade Mountains. The soil (or lack of soil) these vines grow on is parse as our valley is composed entirely of cold lava AKA basalt. I have a representative basalt rock from the property at the winery that I show visitors just to make the point clear. The grapes are beautiful; small bunches, small berries but they are so nutrient deficient (even though I add nutrients to the must) that the wine takes months, not days, to ferment. The fermative CO2 preserves the fruit and my cold room retains the CO2 in the wine so I can use very little SO2. It is pleasantly fruity and refreshing to drink. I love the apple, pear, mixed with the very best aspects of Grüner Veltliner with its distinctive, pungent aromatics; the wine has an exotic array of fruit, herb and spice flavors, attractive mineral undertones, and good acidity. I have been given glasses of this wine blind (I hate the “stump the wine maker” game) and I have more than once guessed it to be a Grüner rather than my own Pinot Gris.

Varietal Definition
Pinot Grigio/Gris:
Pinkish-white variety producing a very crisp white wine. Grown in Oregon, the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, and more and more in California, it shows promise for other cool climates. Also known as Tokay d'Alsace in France, Rulander in Germany, and Pinot Grigio in Italy.


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