2023 Martin Woods Gamay Noir Tualatin Estate Vineyard

tasting notes pomegranite, cranberry, black pepper & spice—balanced fruit and acidity, with gentle framing tannins—a youthful & highly versatile wine offering much pleasure   ava: Tualatin Hills (northwestern corner of the Willamette Valley) elevation: 300-400 feet aspect: south-facing slope soil: Laurelwood—compacted windborne alluvial dust (loess) vine age: Planted 2003 clonal selection: 284 from Beaujolais farming: Dry-Farmed, no chemical pesticides / herbicides harvest: Oct. 8, 2021 elevage: 9 months (6 months without sulfur), sur lie, old neutral cooperage bottled: without fining on July 28, 2022