Johan Vineyards Drueskall Skin-Contact Pinot Gris

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Varietal: Pinot Gris

Size: 750ml

Origin: Willamette Valley, Oregon

Tasting Notes: Nose of honeysuckle and zesty citrus. Rich and primal, deep fruit with noticeable tannins and assertive acidity

Suggested pairings: Sushi (spicy) or Thai Food

The Drueskall (“grape skin” in Norwegian) is a skin fermented white wine made from the Pinot Gris grape. The goal was to craft a wine that has the structure of a red wine combined with a full range of tertiary white wine aromas. Incorporating both whole berry fermentation and carbonic maceration, with the duration of skin contact in 2018 ranging from 17 to 33 days. After finishing primary fermentation, the wine is pressed then aged in barrique to coalesce fruit, tannin, and acidity before bottling this complex and exotic expression of Willamette Valley Pinot Gris.

Johan Vineyards is an 85-acre certified-Biodynamic Estate winery. It maintains a long-term view both in the vineyard and the cellar, nurturing a healthy, diverse microbiological system in our soil and producing wines that are alive and capable of evolving over many years.