Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime

A Story: This is the 25th year we’ve made this wine, and we’re getting pretty good at it. Check it. This is a standalone bottle that holds its ground. Yes, it’s White Pinot Noir and yes, by color, it’s a rosé, but also just so much more. Languid and electric at the same time, it will lift your evening and, perhaps, make you sing.

The Cliff Notes: The color is pale peach. Tangerine and lime flowers waft off the nose. Those same flavors echo on the palate, followed by creamsicle and shortbread, finishing again on lime. There is surprising weight here given the mouthwatering acidity. It tends to want to transport you to a table on a warm evening patio.

Fermentation: 100% Pinot noir, whole cluster pressed and barrel fermented to dry using a long, slow, low-temperature, wild-yeast regimen. Those native yeasts metabolized the sugar under the pressure of clean carbon dioxide, thus delivering massive high-tone fruit esters that make it seem all sweet fruit and summery.

Elevage: 100% barrel aged in older French oak barrels. Aged using lees addition and incorporating Champagne methodologies from 100 years ago to strip color and broaden an earthy mid-palate, similar to a rosé Champagne from that era, without the bubbles. Racked once and filtered prior to bottling in January 2026.

Vineyards: Crazy, this wine is actually a single vineyard selection off our own St. Dolores Estate (17 years-old) on Parrett Mtn, in the Chehalem Mtns. AVA. The grapes hail from three blocks of our certified organic, high-elevation, acid-preserving vineyard at the winery.

— Jim Prosser
Owner/winemaker