Willamete Valley

Medium

Cork

White

Score range: 94-95. A collaboration between four women winemakers – Anna Matzinger, Luisa Ponzi, Kate Payne-Brown, and Wynne Peterson-Nedry – this wine is sourced from Pearlstad Vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills, Aurora Vineyard in the Laurelwood District, Knudsen Vineyard in the Dundee Hills, and Ridgecrest Vineyards in the Ribbon Ridge. Grapes were harvested beginning on 21 September 2024. Exceptionally focused and tension-driven, offering subtle white floral notes, baking spice, tangerine oil, wet slate, and candied ginger. A nice mid-palate grip gives this medium-bodied Chardonnay added shape and texture, while saline acidity underscores the stony mineral character and brings freshness throughout. Understated elegance, yet built with immense structure. A limited special auction lot bottling for the 2026 Willamette Valley Wine Auction.

Chardonnay

Argyle, Luisa, Matzinger-Davies, Ridgecrest, You'd Look Prettier if You Smiled, Chardonnay, Willamete Valley, Oregon, USA, 2024

Score range: 94-95. A collaboration between four women winemakers – Anna Matzinger, Luisa Ponzi, Kate Payne-Brown, and Wynne Pet

Argyle, Luisa, Matzinger-Davies, Ridgecrest, You'd Look

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