2020 Fossil & Fawn Pinot Gris Rouge Willamette Valley, USA Masseria del Pino Rafaelle lets grass grow wild

Rafaelle lets grass grow wild to absorb water

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

Own rooted

Planted in 1987 and 1990

2020 Fossil & Fawn Pinot Gris Rouge Willamette Valley, USA Masseria del Pino Rafaelle lets grass grow wildAbout 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