Location: Columbia Valley, WA
Alcohol: 13.5%
Production: 100 cases

A different kind of complexity and textural depth result from the layering of the parcels. The wine still speaks with the voice of the Gorge, but that voice has more patina to its timbre. There are more layers, and the texture is more stylized. The end result feels like it’s from another age. The wine has most in common with pre-industrial Riojas and brunellos, which were also often composites of many vineyards. This distinction is achieved by the combination of working by hand in the field and cellar, while allowing the wines to evolve beyond fruit into deeper wood, earth and spice flavors over time.

Aged a minimum of three years in barrel.

Because many of these parcels are field blends, this vintage contains over 50 different varieties. It gives us the opportunity to explore a way of composing a wine that is utterly different from the normal approach.