Limited Addition Limited Blaufranckisch, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA 2022

As a parent to Gamay noir this Austrian variety behaves similarly to that variety in the Willamette Valley, expressing lively acidity, vibrant purple hued wines at low pH and moderate alcohols. There are a handful of plantings of Blaufrankisch in the Willamette Valley and Chad has worked with the variety for nearly two decades here, feeling instinctually that this is a successful home for the grape. Wild florals on the nose with some spice notes. Wild dark forest fruits alongside hints of pepper on the palate.