Limited Addition "Chehalem Mountain" Grüner Veltliner, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2022

FROM LIMITED ADDITION: THE WINE: Gruner Veltliner was first planted in Oregon and, the Willamette Valley, in the early 1980s by a retired Army surgeon who had spent time in Austria and Germany during his service. Falling in love with the variety he smuggled it back into the US on his return and planted at his retirement property in the South Salem hills. Over the past decade we have worked with every planting of the variety in the Willamette Valley and Bree has worked with the variety in both Austria and Australia, we find it to be a compelling variety that has a multitude of expressions depending on where it is planted and when you decide to harvest and handle it in the cellar. This selection of Gruner Veltliner is planted at the oldest and first vineyard to be planted in the Chehalem Mountains AVA, it is grafted onto pinot noir roots (pinot didn’t perform well next to the large oak forest), and it is Biodynamically farmed by the Gross family who are the current custodians of this his