Maison Noir 'O.P.P.' Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Maison Noir 'O.P.P.' Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023

it’s begging to be paired with prawn risotto or your favorite Vietnamese takeout

The resulting wine is textured and full-bodied with notes of orange marmalade and apricot and a finish reminiscent of Emilia-Romagna's famed Parmigiano Reggiano

avoiding additives and employing only native yeasts

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The family’s property is located within the Taurasi appellation (known as the “Barolo of the south”)

the latter of which is highly aromatic

Les Grézeaux comes from their oldest vines—more than sixty years old—planted in gravelly alluvial soil near the Vienne River

In the 1970s yields were high and quality was low

while keeping the pristine volcanic spice and depth as the framework for all wines

The wine is a blend of Müller-Thurgau and Sylvaner

this is where it comes from

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