Lingua Franca - Avni Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2022

Lingua Franca - Avni Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2022The Willamette Valley is an ideal location to grow Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Its average seasonal temperatures, long daylight hours in the summer months, and total annual rainfall resemble the conditions in Burgundy, where the fruit attains uncontested perfection. The 66 acre Lingua Franca Estate vineyard is situated on Lone Star Road, next door to two iconic vineyard sites in the Eola Amity Hills: Seven Springs, and Lone Star Vineyard. The site is

Alamos crafts quality wines from Argentina

Their whites offer uncommon value by virtue of the use of native grapes that produce great wine in the right terroir

the winery is a true specialist in white Burgundy

with excellent drainage and rather poor organic material content–a great combination for vines

Planted exclusively to Chardonnay

The Bérêche sites are planted in roughly equal proportions of Chardonnay

Langmeil uses minimal handling and filtration techniques to ensure that the full potential of the fruit is captured

Between 1995 and 2005

Current offering: Barrel 11

and tannins are slightly tuggy

black cherry

The charm lies in the piercing citrus and hazelnut that runs through the wine from front to back