Here is how it will work: Five top-notch winemakers will share their grapes and create an incredible experiment. Each of the winemakers will send a barrel's worth of single-vineyard fruit to the others and each will make wines with the vineyard names. I am electing for Syrah to be the varietal chosen.
The result will be a collection of 25 wines, sourced from the same five vineyards, that demonstrate what each winemaker brings individually to the expression of the wines made from that fruit. "The Hand" vs. "The Land," so to speak. A portion of the proceeds from the sell of the collection will go towards charity.
It would be a great addition to any cellar (especially my growing one)!Five winemakers from the Willamette Valley (Laurent Montalieu, Lynn Penner-Ash, Ken Wright, Ted & Terry Casteel, and Steve Doerner) did the first Oregon cellar crawl with Pinot Noir that was released last July at the annual International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC).
Who do you think the five Southern Oregon winemakers should be? What varietal would you chose? I will gladly compile the recommendations and propose it to the Southern Oregon Wine Association.
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