Hiyu Pandion
white · still · Columbia Gorge
An earlier release: “bone dry, densely mineral, bitter alpine herb and rock, unfolding to honey and exotic citrus that grow with age.”
Specs
- Producer
- Hiyu Wine Farm
- Region
- Columbia Gorge
- Vineyard
- Hiyu Wine Farm Estate
- Color
- white
- Style
- still
- Grapes
- Furmint, Gewürztraminer, Grüner Veltliner, Pinot Gris, Riesling
About
Community & editorial
A Germanic field blend on a 0.2-hectare gentle slope of sandy loam over basalt, primarily Riesling and Furmint with Alsatian (Muscat, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris, Sylvaner) and more unusual Austrian and Hungarian grapes (Hárslevelű, Grüner Veltliner, Rotgipfler). Nate frames it as Hiyu's version of a Viennese Gemischter Satz, "the perfect wine to drink with the food we serve in the tavern, especially the transcendent cuisine of winter.” Direct-pressed, spontaneous ferment, ~2 years in old casks, zero SO2.
Vintages
The third vintage, “easily the most textural and exotic release so far. In past vintages the Austrian cépage tempered the Alsatian grapes' hedonism, but in this cool vintage the warm fall brought out deep color and honeyed spices, with the …
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