2019 PINOT NOIR
LOT 53
Metaphor and simile
VINEYARDS | 25% Redford Wetle Farm, 25% Björnson, 25% Vivid, 25% Carlton Hill
cloneS | Swan, Pommard, 667, Wädenswil
APPELLATION | Willamette Valley
WINEMAKER | JOhn Grochau
HARVEST DATE | September 22–October 14, 2019
BOTTLING | April 20, 2021
ALCOHOL | 13.6%
PRODUCTION | 240 BOTTLES / 20 CASES
The Wine
This wine is a barrel selection of some of our favorite vineyards around the Willamette Valley. I feel that this wine shows that the “whole” can be so much more than the sum of its parts; that the symbiosis of the blend of the wines transcends any single component of the blend. I think this is a good metaphor for the Willamette Valley wine industry.
Comes to Fruition
Cherry tones and textured Feel
The year’s endeavor
The Winery
John Grochau was first introduced to wine and the winemaking landscape in his early 20s, while racing bicycles for a French team in the Loire Valley. For several years, he raced through some of France’s most revered winemaking regions including Champagne, Burgundy and across the Loire Valley. When he returned to his hometown of Portland, Oregon, he went to work in the restaurant business and quickly discovered an even greater appreciation for wine. After more than a decade selling wine in some of Portland’s finest restaurants, including a 14-year stint at Higgins, Grochau plunged into winemaking. He spent a year in Sonoma before returning to Oregon to work at Erath Winery, and then worked alongside winemaker Doug Tunnell at Brick House Vineyards for four years. His first vintage as owner and winemaker at Grochau Cellars was 2002. With Grochau’s restaurant experience, there was a natural progression as a winemaker to craft food-friendly wines that enhance a meal. Grochau strives to make wines that are balanced, textured and expressive of place. Inspired by the diversity of the Willamette Valley’s soils and microclimates, Grochau sources fruit from organic and sustainably-farmed vineyards.
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The producing winery currently has distribution in the below listed countries and states. A list of distributors is available upon request.
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