Ovum Proprietary White 'Big Salt Orange Rose' Oregon 2024

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Ovum Proprietary White 'Big Salt Orange Rose' Oregon 20242024 Big Salt Orange Rose has a hazy, rose gold amber hue. The nose is an earthy dance between the ginger, turmeric notes of skinzy Pinot Gris, and the tropical island vibes of skin contact Gewurz and Muscat. Its like stirring a mandarin creamsicle into a glass of hibiscus ginger tea. The palate is soft but retains the tannic grip ramato Pinot gris is known for. Planted in the mid 80s, this Pinot gris sits atop Booth Hill, in Hood River, Oregon. Just

the workhorse of the estate

precise fruit—a fully formed and utterly gorgeous aromatic profile even at this youthful stage

Planted in 1947

Comprising 60% Sangiovese

Sourced from a high-altitude site near Les Rieux in which Gilles owns 1

The premier cru Klausen sits on an east-southeast-facing mountain ridge at 340 meters altitude

Alexandre’s friend Sandrine Caloz likes to quip that the Valais is “the real Northern Rhône” (the river’s source lies nearby)

the bright acidity of the high-altitude Bourgogne nicely offsets the luscious generosity of the Maconnais-sourced fruit

Though clearly expressing the underlying limestone

it offers Mosel-Riesling-like purity and cut

aging them for longer in cask and holding them in bottle before release

a pink-skinned genetic variant of the far more commonly encountered white Xarel·lo