This month’s tasting takes us to the Pacific coast of North America. It was here, in 1912, that one of our producers imported a Chardonnay clone from Burgundy that became the source material for 80% of American Chardonnay plantings today. Years later, Joseph Drouhin brought a Burgundian perspective to the pioneering Willamette Valley in Oregon, now recognised as one of the premier wine growing regions in the world, and talking of pioneering, let’s not forget the famous TV frontiersman from the 50s who set up a cattle ranch in the little known Santa Rita Hills but turned it into a successful vineyard to pass on to his future generations.
We’ll be tasting Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines from California, the Willamette Valley in Oregon and from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada. These are wines with a story. Do come along to taste and listen.
Quails Gate Chardonnay 2019 Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada 12.5%
Wente Vineyards Morning Fog Chardonnay 2020 San Francisco Bay AVA, California, USA 13.5%
Lemelson Willamette Valley Reserve Chardonnay 2018 Oregon, USA 13.6%
Drouhin Roserock Chardonnay 2018 Eola-Amity Hills AVA, Oregon, USA 14.1%
Quails Gate Pinot Noir 2019 Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada 13%
Fess Parker Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2019 California, USA 14.1%
Drouhin Roserock Pinot Noir 2019 Eola-Amity Hills AVA Oregon, USA 13.5%
Elk Cove Mount Richmond Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir 2019 Oregon, USA 14%
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