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White
Wine
Freedom Hill
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Blanc is a lighter-colored natural mutation of Pinot Gris. Our
source for this fruit is a one acre block of Freedom Hill Vineyard.
After pressing the juice, it is fermented in one year old French barrels.
The new wine remains in barrel with the original yeast and is not racked
until bottling. The wine has a floral/mineral focus. 200 cases are produced.
Celilo Chardonnay
This is a unique vineyard situated on a 1,000' bluff overlooking the
Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. It lies on the south face
of Mount Underwood, which is currently an inactive volcano. The soil
is pulverized basalt, extremely porous and loose, which promotes deep
rooting. The vineyard was planted in 1983. Unlike the Chardonnay grown
in the hot eastern desert of Washington, this is a much cooler site.
As a result, the fruit retains more acidity and the wine displays a
clean mineral character with an expansive texture. 385 cases produced.
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