Thunderbloom Trios The wine has crystalline acidity

The wine has crystalline acidity

this rare soil is made up of marine shoal from a time millions of years ago when volcanic ash rained down on the shallows of the inner-sea in the Willamette Valley

11 months of elevage occurred with subtle stirring of the lees once per month

It was a thrilling experience crafting Stargazer with the first graped we procured from Royer Vineyard in the southern volcanic hillsides of the Eola-Amity Hills

and as the wine aged in neutral 500L barrels for 10 months those notes became floral and spiced

Thunderbloom Trios The wine has crystalline acidityFarmed from over 750 foot elevation on a high rise of volcanic bedrock in the Eola Amity Hills AVA, these Riesling vines were originally planted in 1979. In 2023 the grapes ripened just on the fringe of the season, becoming golden on the vine. We picked them by hand and trod them to let the juice run with the skins for a number of hours. The wine fermented slowly in the late autumn and we moved the barrels outside midway so that the fermentation would