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

The rareness of this great breed of bourbon is evident in its complex aroma

aged a minimum of two years

with lovely tannic structure and notes ranging from ripe black fruit to tobacco and wet earth

just say it sotto voce a few times while taking in the menagerie of scribbles constituting this so-called wine label

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