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Teutonic Wine Company - Pinot Meunier 2019 (750ml)

 Grown Organically 

Price: $33.99

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Producer Teutonic Wine Company
Country United States
Region Oregon
Varietal Pinot Meunier
Vintage 2019
Sku 30698
Size 750ml

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“Borgo Pass is located in Monroe Oregon, in the Southern part of the Willamette Valley. The vines were planted in the 1980’s by Mark Debose and Jan O’Banion on their 40+ acre vineyard where they also grow Pinot Noir, Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. Their business model was to only sell to hobby winemakers, because Mark didn’t want to “deal with persnickety winemakers or sign contracts and all that gobbledygook.” Of course, Barnaby being tenacious as he is, finally convinced Mark to sell us all his Pinot Meunier grapes. The deal was, - - you buy them, you pick them. So, the tradition of gathering up friends to help pick the fruit at Borgo started in 2008. "Willamette Valley" on the label. “

“Typical flavors from this wine produce bright berry flavors, grippy acid that balances nicely with the velvety smooth finish. “

About the winery: Teutonic Wine Company is a husband/wife team, Barnaby and Olga who became especially interested in German wine and grape varieties when Barnaby tasted through 14 Rieslings that an importer brought to sell to him at a Portland restaurant he was the wine buyer for. Barnaby was especially inspired by how clearly the dozens of Mosel region Rieslings expressed their different terroir. He decided to start traveling to Germany to study how it was that German producers managed to make such expressive Rieslings. As luck would have it, in 2005 a family friend offered a part of her farmland in Oregon for them to plant vines on. Barnaby worked as an assistant winemaker for Laurel Ridge before eventually dedicating himself entirely to their own project, Teutonic. They remain a small, dedicated team of friends and family who work together every year both in the fields as well as in the winery.

Olga and Barnaby have always been focused on single vineyard, low alcohol expressions of cool climate grapes. They grow a variety of grapes like Pinot Noir, Sylvaner, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Muscat, and Pinot Meunier. Grapes are grown without the use of chemicals and herbicides or pesticides. Grapes are treated with care when harvested and fermented at cool temperatures to preserve delicate flavors and aromas. The use of oak is subtle for their wines. In the spirit of embracing what life throws at them, they also have made a few special releases such as a Rauchwein (a “smoked” white wine from grapes that were exposed to wildfire smoke) and a special Riesling called “Candied Mushroom” made from 100% Botrytis-affected Riesling. 

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