2020 Pinot Gris Carbonic Maceration

Taste / Feel: Compressed watermelon, dried apricot, walking on dusty roads when the sun’s been out all day and it’s finally starting to cool, woody Oolong tea, the feeling of discovering something familiar that is actually entirely new, dinner outside as soon as it’s warm enough, toasted Garam masala

Vineyard(s): 700 - 800ft elevation, own-rooted, dry-farmed, Pinot Gris on loess soils. Farmed without glyphosate, herbicides, or pesticides. Cover crop of native plants / flowers, poppys, root vegetables and edible leafy greens. 2. Organically-certified 400 - 500ft elevation, dry-farmed Pinot Gris on loess soils associated with Washington County, OR 3. 300 - 400ft elevation dry-farmed Pinot Gris on loess soils farmed lutte raisonnée 4. 300 - 400ft elevation dry-farmed Pinot Gris on marine sedimentary loam soils farmed lutte raisonnée

Fermentation: Full carbonic maceration for 7 - 10 days in stainless steel. Drained, dug and pressed back to stainless to finish fermentation. No temperature control, fining, or filtration

Bottling Date: 2/18/21

Full Chemistry

Titratable Acidity 5.3 g/L 3/12/2021
pH 3.77 3/12/2021
Volatile Acidity (Acetic Acid) 0.25 g/L 3/12/2021
Free Sulfur Dioxide (FSO2) < 2 mg/L 3/12/2021
Molecular SO2 (MSO2) < 0.10 mg/L 3/12/2021
L-Malic Acid 0.33 g/L 3/12/2021
Glucose + Fructose 0.1 g/L 3/12/2021
Ethanol 11.5% vol 3/12/2021