Our White Wines
2008 Sauvignon Blanc
This wine was harvested in two pickings; ½ picked early to preserve acidity and freshness (fermented in tank) and ½ picked one week later for more ripe fruit characters (fermented in barrel.) A refreshingly ripe wine with lemongrass, grapefruit and sage, rounded out by tropical stonefruit and melon.
- Vineyard: Columbia View Vineyards
- Appellation: Columbia Gorge
- Fermentation: 50% Stainless Steel / 50% French Oak (50% three year old, 50% neutral)
- Time in Barrel: 5 months
- Bottled: February 2009
2008 ALBA COR
Dry and refreshingly different. All the spice and fruit characters of Gew with the fresh acidity and stonefruit of Pinot Gris. Honeysuckle, pear and melon.
- Varietals: 52% Pinot Gris / 48% Gewurztraminer
- Vineyard: Celilo Vineyard
- Appellation: Columbia Gorge
- Fermentation: Pinot Gris – Stainless Steel / Gewurztraminer – 100% neutral French Oak
- Time in Barrel: 5 months
- Bottled: March 2008