2024 Brooks Winery Pinot Blanc, Willamette Valley, OregonABOUT THIS WINE The Pinot Blanc is sourced from two vineyards Crannel and Bellevue Cross. Grapes were immediately pressed off and fermented aged in 50% foudres and 50% stainless steel tank. The 2023 growing season kicked off with a late budbreak, reminiscent of 2011. Following budbreak, a sudden shift to warm, dry weather marked the season, with only one June rain event. Ideal summer weather prevailed until a brief hot spell in August. Harvest

Malo-lactic fermentation in barrel and vat

Domaine Durand passionately cultivates its vines using sustainable farming methods for better respect for the environment

nearly two decades later

The fruit is hand harvested

and the must is spontaneously fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks and old

as he studies a unique terroir (the smallest AVA in the US) and pushes to find the best Alpine varietals that will thrive in the Cole Ranch soil and climate

the domaine has grown to twenty-five hectares

Mac Forbes is a name you need to know

100% The Bench Vineyard (Clements Hills-Lodi AVA)

Friuli and grown in calcareous-clay soils

Copain began to garner a new kind of attention

Gaja didn’t stop there