Hiyu Wine Farm Smockshop Band Magnum 2022
Hiyu Wine Farm Smockshop Band Magnum 2022
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Hiyu Wine Farm Smockshop Band Magnum 2022

Hiyu Wine Farm
$100.00

Grape: Pinot Gris
Vintage: 2021
Type: Orange

This is Pinot Gris from two different parcels on a regenerative farm on Underwood Mountain. The site sits at 1200 ft, faces South, and looks out upon both the Columbia River and Mt Hood. The fruit was macerated on the skins for four days in conical wooden vats, before being pressed in a basket press directly to old barrels.At moments it presents itself like White Burgundy, reaching toward its genetic core and relation to Pinot Noir: dense, flinty-marzipan, a serious enclosure of all things mineral and savory..

Hiyu is a true mixed farm with pigs, cows, chickens, ducks and geese living among the vines during different parts of the year and helping to control the vegetation. Nate calls their vineyard management, which has been deeply influenced by Masanobu Fukuoka, “the wild side of permaculture”.

The property is divided into half-acre blocks, each planted to a field blend from a different place or moment in the genetic history of the grapevine, with up to 150 different varieties and clones in total.

The name “Hiyu” comes from Chinook Jargon, where it denotes “abundance”, “plenty” or “big party”. Nate Ready used to work as a sommelier in various fine establishments, including the lauded Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in Napa Valley. China Tresemer, the estate’s co-founder and agriculturalist, is also a talented illustrator who creates all the labels.

Manual harvest into small baskets, whole cluster macerations, foot-treading and basket press, slow fermentation with indigenous yeasts only. Aged in old neutral oak barrels of various sizes. No fining or filtration, no sulfur at bottling.