HARPER VOIT 2022 PINOT BLANC "SURLIE" WILLAMETTE VALLEY 750ml

There's only about 300 acres of Pinot Blanc in Oregon. It's the first place that real Pinot Blanc was planted. Drew's idea with his Pinot Blanc is to see what happens when it gets a more Burgundian-inspired aging regimen. No new oak, he's using large format barrels (300 - 500 liter barrels). 9-10 months on lees, no malolactic fermentation, no battonage. The Pinot Blanc Sur Lie comes from Meredith Mitchell Vineyard. It was planted by Susan Meredith and Frank Mitchell in 1990, the vineyard sits nestled in the foothills of the Coast Range just outside McMinnville, OR. Rising from 450 - 650 ft in elevation, the soils are a mixture of uplifted marine sediments over fractured basalt, contributing to wines of great complexity.