2020 Fossil & Fawn Pinot Gris Rouge Willamette Valley, USA Masseria del Pino Planted in 1987 and 1990

Planted in 1987 and 1990

Rafaelle lets grass grow wild to absorb water

At that point we add water and fresh orange peels (2 oranges per bottle

with lovely tannic structure and notes ranging from ripe black fruit to tobacco and wet earth

aged a minimum of two years

2020 Fossil & Fawn Pinot Gris Rouge Willamette Valley, USA Masseria del Pino Planted in 1987 and 1990About 40% of the grapes for this wine come from Silvershot Vineyards, which is kind of our "estate," if you will. The one acre of Pinot Gris is planted in the Pole Block, on the steepest and highest slope of the site. The combined effects of the southwestern slope and the fractured sandstone soil on the own rooted and dry farmed vines results in tiny clusters of deeply pigmented Pinot gris that are nearly indistinguishable from the neighboring Pinot