Project '1899' Pinot Noir 2021
Mt. Pisgah, Willamette Valley

$79.99 on 4+*
$84.99 reg
*mix & match ok
 

Winery: Our 1899 pinot noir was made without the use of modern winemaking equipment or electricity. We wanted to create a new world wine with a true sense of place that wasn’t altered by modern technology. The grapes for this wine were picked by hand and brought up to the winery by horse. Once at the winery, the grapes were destemmed (25% as 75% was whole cluster) by hand and the placed into wooden fermenters. The must was fermented on native yeasts, after which it was pressed by hand in a wooden basket press, bicycle-pumped into barrel, and underwent malolactic fermentation without inoculation. We bottled with a gravity filler, corked by hand and manually applied the labels and wax. The 1899 never touched dry ice, canned nitrogen, enzymes, stainless steel, forklifts, commercial yeast, electric pumps or filters. Every year we bring this wine to the Willamette river by stagecoach or bicycle from the winery, and canoe it 90 miles to Portland to our Oregon distributor's warehouse.

Winery tasting note: The old world methods used to produce this wine are reflected in its flavor, aroma, and texture. Aromas of dried red fruits, blackberry jam, chocolate with brioche toast, toasted caramel, and earth with 5 spice and cinnamon.

Abv: 13.5%
Vineyards/Soil: The 115 Montaigne block - Illahe Vineyards - Sedimentary clay soils
Winemaking: 100% native fermentation, whole clusters were 75%
Maturation: Barrel aged for 18 months in 100% new French oak