2021 Averaen Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USAABOUT THIS WINE: The vineyards span the Willamettes sub AVAs, enabling Avaraen to create a wine that is a true representation of the Valley as a whole playing off each sites specific personality and complementary nature to create a harmonious blend. Winemaking: Fermentation in temperature controlled stainless steel and neutral foudre followed by 10 months aging in Remond, Damy, Cavin, and Stockinger barrels. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER: Winemaker Adam Smith

This pinot noir is a blend of fruit from Lange's longtime partner

Treatments are applied sparingly that best respects the local biodiversity and the vines

At the end of the 19th century

more than 60 years later

Aleks Simčič works with local winemakers and their oenologists and advises them on the selection of the most suitable vineyard sites

all wines are bottled without fining or filtering

‘DIGBY FINE ENGLISH’ is a wine of distinctively English character

20% Cinsault

in the heart of the best Rully finage vintages

Bollinger is now led by Charles-Armand de Belenet under the ownership of the Bizot family

effectively ending independent production

very little sulphur and no fining or filtering