Product Description:
2006 Estate Pinot Gris
Willamette Valley
WINEMAKER'S NOTES
Our 2006 Estate Pinot Gris is a continuation of the Pinot Gris style that we prefer at Van Duzer—crisp, light and lively. Aromas of citrus, kiwi and pineapple carry a flinty edge. A sip reveals crisp acidity, a rich mid-palate and flavors of sweet white grapefruit and nectarine/peach that finish clean.
We make our Pinot Gris to consume right after bottling, enhancing the grape’s fresh fruit essence through oak-free handling. This versatile wine will pair well with many dishes, especially lighter summer fare, salads, seafood and Asian inspired foods.
ACCOLADES
3 Stars - Excellent - Top-rated Oregon Pinot Gris Van Duzer's estate vineyard has the same average high daily temperatures as all of northern Willamette Valley, but its average lows are 13 degrees lower. Grapes there ripen later, developing more flavor while maintaining their natural acidity. That plays out in this wine, which features bright pineapple and green apple fruit and keeps evolving in the glass.
W. Blake Gris
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
May 18, 2007 Top 100 Wines - The Best in the West Quite simply, our favorite American Pinot Gris this year, from two blocks in a cool-climate estate vineyard west of Salem, Ore. It takes a moment to open up, but then there's layers of bright lime and green apple offering a sharp-edged profile atop a dense texture on the palate. The finish is snappy and perfectly tuned.
Jon Bonné with Lynne Char Bennett
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
November 28, 2007  "Our picks for crab-friendly Pinot Gris . . ." "Edgy citrus and stone fruit are set off by an interesting minerality"
Sara Schneider
Sunset
January2008
THE VINEYARDS
Pinot Gris is Oregon’s emphatic answer to Pinot Grigio. In our Willamette Valley climate, the Pinot Gris grape develops weight and richness and full fruit flavors. Van Duzer’s Pinot Gris grows on five acres planted to Pinot Gris clones 146 and 152. Together, the grape clones produce a wine that registers strongly of stone fruit and citrus with a flinty edge.
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TECHNICAL DATA:
| Vineyard: | 100% Van Duzer Estate | | Vinifera: | 100% Pinot Gris - 51% Clone 146, 49% Clone 152 | | Alcohol: | 13.8%% | | TA: | 0.73 g/100ml | | pH: | 3.35 | | RS: | 0.61% |
WINEMAKING
We like to capture the fresh fruit character inherent in the Pinot Gris grapes, relying solely on processing in stainless steel and releasing soon after bottling. The grapes are harvested by hand, then whole-cluster pressed, the gentlest method of extracting juice for fermentation. The juice is cold-settled for 24 hours prior to being transferred to stainless steel tanks for fermentation. Bottling takes place after only three months.
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