2021 Illahe Vineyards "Bon Sauvage" Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USAABOUT THIS WINE Minimal intervention and historical winemaking techniques characterize our winemaking at Illahe. The grapes are loaded onto the sorting table where any unripe or damaged clusters are removed by hand. The grapes are cold soaked for 2 to 6 days before undergoing a fermentation by natural yeast. The cap is punched down by tool or on occasion foot. Our red wines ferment naturally. The finished product is drained and then scooped carefully

Idlewild sources fruit from just two vineyards: Lost Hills Ranch and Fox Hill Vineyard Both are managed by Wild Ruth Farming

The fruit is sourced from estate vineyards in the hamlet of Bastonica in the Vittoria area

a family estate established in 1921

She was surprised

A wonderful story took shape thanks to his vision and today its star is his family: Wife Carla and children Alberto and Nadia

Olivier Lemasson is a sommelier who encountered natural wines when he worked for the retailer Eric Macé in Rennes

additives or dyes

along the southern edge

As this business was dominated by the nobility

long-lived and powerful wine

they have embraced and expanded Hermann’s detail-oriented approach to viticulture and winemaking

a long and complex process for a great wine