Pinot Gris

Cooper Mountain

The 2022 Pinot Gris from Cooper Mountain is, by their own estimation, their favourite vintage to date. Since 1978, Cooper Mountain have been growing Pinot Gris in the Willamette Valley, the first certified organic and then first certified biodynamic producer in Oregon to do so, and we've always loved this gem. It sits in that goldilocks zone of not too sweet and not too dry, achieving Alsatian-esque flavours but with that stately Willamette structure and tea-like minerality we love—the influence of their unique volcanic soils. This delicious wine will happily dance for you now but will also improve in the cellar for the next 5-10 years. A welcome pairing to shellfish, East- and Southeast-Asian cuisines, and, of course, all manner of Pacific salmon preparations.

91WE: "Spring-like aromas of a fresh-cut lawn and day lilies, joined by lime zest and a touch of loam, are quite pleasant. The wine's crisp texture matches its dominant flavors of tonic water on the rocks with a lemon twist. There's some fruit here in the form of a pear galette sprinkled with toasted filberts and nutmeg." — Michael Alberty

Country:  United States

Region:  Willamette Valley, Oregon

Appellation:  Willamette Valley AVA

Climate:  Temperate oceanic climate

Altitude:  85 - 205m

Soils:  Willakenzie, Saum and Laurelwood

Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Gris

Fermentation:  Natural fermentation with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tanks. 6g/L RS.

Ageing:  10 months in stainless steel. Unfined and clarified simply by racked off the sediments after a natural settling.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Hand harvested from three of Cooper Mountain's certified biodynamic estate vineyards: Johnson School Vineyard (Laurelwood soil, planted in 1999, Chehalem Mountains AVA, 400ft. a.s.l.), Meadowlark Vineyard (Willakenzie soil, planted in 1982, Willamette Valley AVA, 300ft. a.s.l.), and Old Vines Vineyard (Saum soil, planted in 1978, Willamette Valley AVA, 500ft. a.s.l.).

ABV:  13.0%

Produced Cases:  2500

CSPC:  800862

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Gilles de Domingo, Gerry Sanchez, Bob & Barbara Gross


Willamette Valley, Oregon, United States

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Pinot Gris
Cooper Mountain

Country:  United States

Region:  Willamette Valley, Oregon

Appellation:  Willamette Valley AVA

The 2022 Pinot Gris from Cooper Mountain is, by their own estimation, their favourite vintage to date. Since 1978, Cooper Mountain have been growing Pinot Gris in the Willamette Valley, the first certified organic and then first certified biodynamic producer in Oregon to do so, and we've always loved this gem. It sits in that goldilocks zone of not too sweet and not too dry, achieving Alsatian-esque flavours but with that stately Willamette structure and tea-like minerality we love—the influence of their unique volcanic soils. This delicious wine will happily dance for you now but will also improve in the cellar for the next 5-10 years. A welcome pairing to shellfish, East- and Southeast-Asian cuisines, and, of course, all manner of Pacific salmon preparations.

91WE: "Spring-like aromas of a fresh-cut lawn and day lilies, joined by lime zest and a touch of loam, are quite pleasant. The wine's crisp texture matches its dominant flavors of tonic water on the rocks with a lemon twist. There's some fruit here in the form of a pear galette sprinkled with toasted filberts and nutmeg." — Michael Alberty

TECHNICAL INFO

Climate:  Temperate oceanic climate

Altitude:  85 - 205m

Soils:  Willakenzie, Saum and Laurelwood

Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Gris

Fermentation:  Natural fermentation with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tanks. 6g/L RS.

Ageing:  10 months in stainless steel. Unfined and clarified simply by racked off the sediments after a natural settling.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Hand harvested from three of Cooper Mountain's certified biodynamic estate vineyards: Johnson School Vineyard (Laurelwood soil, planted in 1999, Chehalem Mountains AVA, 400ft. a.s.l.), Meadowlark Vineyard (Willakenzie soil, planted in 1982, Willamette Valley AVA, 300ft. a.s.l.), and Old Vines Vineyard (Saum soil, planted in 1978, Willamette Valley AVA, 500ft. a.s.l.).

ABV:  13.0%

Produced Cases:  2500

CSPC:  800862

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

Pinot Gris
Cooper Mountain
The 2022 Pinot Gris from Cooper Mountain is, by their own estimation, their favourite vintage to date. Since 1978, Cooper Mountain have been growing Pinot Gris in the Willamette Valley, the first certified organic and then first certified biodynamic producer in Oregon to do so, and we've always loved this gem. It sits in that goldilocks zone of not too sweet and not too dry, achieving Alsatian-esque flavours but with that stately Willamette structure and tea-like minerality we love—the influence of their unique volcanic soils. This delicious wine will happily dance for you now but will also improve in the cellar for the next 5-10 years. A welcome pairing to shellfish, East- and Southeast-Asian cuisines, and, of course, all manner of Pacific salmon preparations.

91WE: "Spring-like aromas of a fresh-cut lawn and day lilies, joined by lime zest and a touch of loam, are quite pleasant. The wine's crisp texture matches its dominant flavors of tonic water on the rocks with a lemon twist. There's some fruit here in the form of a pear galette sprinkled with toasted filberts and nutmeg." — Michael Alberty

TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  United States

Region:  Willamette Valley, Oregon

Appellation:  Willamette Valley AVA

Climate:  Temperate oceanic climate

Altitude:  85 - 205m

Soils:  Willakenzie, Saum and Laurelwood

Varietal/Blend:  100% Pinot Gris

Fermentation:  Natural fermentation with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tanks. 6g/L RS.

Ageing:  10 months in stainless steel. Unfined and clarified simply by racked off the sediments after a natural settling.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Hand harvested from three of Cooper Mountain's certified biodynamic estate vineyards: Johnson School Vineyard (Laurelwood soil, planted in 1999, Chehalem Mountains AVA, 400ft. a.s.l.), Meadowlark Vineyard (Willakenzie soil, planted in 1982, Willamette Valley AVA, 300ft. a.s.l.), and Old Vines Vineyard (Saum soil, planted in 1978, Willamette Valley AVA, 500ft. a.s.l.).

ABV:  13.0%

Produced Cases:  2500

CSPC:  800862

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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