Brian Oregon Gris 2018 750ml
Regular price $51.00
Yes, that's right, the quixotic and exciting Brian winemaking outfit have been making wines in Oregon since 2017. The Tasmanian wines, ‘Rizza’, ‘3Pinots’ and ‘Gris’, are mirrored in Oregon, using almost identical winemaking approaches...
Brian primarily source from and produce at Keeler Estate Vineyard - Eola-Amity Hills - which is certified Organic, Biodynamic, LIVE certified and Salmon safe certified. It's a remarkable vineyard, unsprayed with anything for over a decade, and dry grown. All wines are zero additions. Good times.
Gris from this site is left on skins for three and a half months. Yep. It's a seriously complex wine, more like a fuller flavoured rose or light red in style, but with incredible freshness and tart-tangy acidity, lots of 'minerally feel' and a whole lot of pretty perfume. Tannins do a good job of making the wine feel puckering and tight too. Sheesh, so much going on. So delicious. Reminiscent of great wines from Friuli, you could say, but wholly in the Brian way.