Desiree
Desiree
The “Desirée” (named in honor of Michael’s wife) is the confluence of our excellent fruit, Desirée’s love of beautiful, expressive sparkling wine, and Michael’s rise to the challenge of creating a force-carbonated wine with great palate energy and harmony echoing traditional method. All in a package that can reach the market at a broadly accessible price point.
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vinification
This wine began with a base wine predominantly of Pinot Noir, picked early for Méthode Champenoise and then gained complexity and expression with the blending of Chardonnay and aromatic white grapes grown at the family farm where Michael and Desirée live. Composed of 70% Pinot Noir, 12% Chardonnay, 9% Riesling, 6% Gewürztraminer, 3% Muscat. It was whole cluster pressed, followed by a cool fermentation in tank and barrel. No malolactic fermentation on the finished wine.
vineyards
Poverty Bend Vineyard, Willamette Valley | 3.87 acres | 131 - 157’ | SE | Willamette & Woodburn soil series