Current Releases
2025 Giuliano
Giuliano
Giuliano is a field blend of 6 varieties of Northern Italian provenance, planted at Clos Electrique and Abbey Ridge: Friulano, Ribolla gialla, Pinot bianco, pinot grigio, moscato, and Auxerrois. Pressed and co-fermented in stainless-steel, our process captures a unique snap-shot of the vintage across our two oldest vineyards. 2025 is lively, with lemon zest, jasmine and lychee on the nose. The mouthfeel is taut, with pleasant weight and the bitterness of almonds on the finish. Truly a lovely rendition of this wine!
2024 Friulano
Friulano
Our varietal Friulano is truly a special wine. Grown at Clos Electrique, two selections of Friulano are destemmed into a single clay amphora. After fermentation, the wine remains on the skins for 60 days before going to barrel for 18 months. The result is radiantly clear and hay-colored, with subtle notes of melon and white pepper on the nose and a linen-like texture on the palette. It’s a delightful surprise for anyone willing to venture into unfamiliar territory, and a rarity – just 25 cases are made annually.
2024 Supernatural
Rouge de Pinot Gris
In our ode to Sasa Radikon, old-vine Pinot Gris grapes from the upper Road Block at Abbey Ridge are destemmed and macerated for 45 days in clay amphorae. The wine then ages in neutral French oak barrels for 18 months before going to bottle. Served chilled, this wine offers aromas of strawberries and their stems, clay dust, forest floor and white cedar. Light tannins and bright red fruit that zip across the palette. This wine may be the gateway into our traditional Burgundian Pinots for natural wine nuts, or a gateway into natural wines for Burgundy freaks.
2024 Dundee Hills
Pinot Noir
Winemakers and merchants across the Willamette Valley are speaking in not-so-hushed tones about 2024 – a perfect growing season led to a dry, warm fall, allowing grapes to be picked at peak ripeness. In years like these, “Village-” level wines like our Dundee Hills Pinot Noir are exceptional, with extraordinary quality to be found from barrels across the cellar. The lighter and brighter presentation of Abbey Ridge’s old-vine Cuory clone Pinot is on display here, accompanied by barrels from Clos Electrique, La Colina and La Sierra. Concentrated aromatics like Rainier cherry and plum, shitake mushroom, rose petal and cedar compliment a lively, balanced, medium-weighted palette. This wine is both quaffable and worth spending some time with.
2021 Willamette Valley
Nebbiolo
From our 20-ish year old planting at Clos Electrique and the stunning vines at Alan Foster’s White Oak Vineyard on Ribbon Ridge, Cameron Nebbiolo is a labor of love. After three years in the cellar and one in the bottle, we’re offering the 2021 vintage, the hottest year in the region on record and perhaps our strongest Nebbiolo to date. The nose offers very cool, ethereal aromas of menthol, leather, and dried rose petals. The palate is all Nebbiolo with its firm tannins, medium body and notes of orange peel, fine tobacco and dried porcini. Very Alto-Piemontese-like. Enjoyable now with decanting and some hearty fare, this wine will really blossom over the next 7-15 years!
2023 Arley’s Leap
Pinot Noir
Sourced from the highest elevation plot of Pinot Noir at Abbey Ridge, Arley’s Leap is comprised of the famous Martin Ray Clones. These vines yield small, variable clusters and regularly produce some of our best wines. The plot is named after Bill and Julia Wayne’s old dog Arley, who survived a jump from a second story balcony when startled by a cat.
The nose has a compelling balance of savory and fruit aromas — black olive and plum, cherry and leather, bergamot, violet and salumi. The palette is round and warm, with a bright, mouthwatering finish.
2023 Clos Electrique
Rouge
John Paul searched throughout Northern California for the collection of Pinot Noir clones that make up Clos Electrique Rouge. These vines were planted in the early 80s and consistently produce low-yield, high intensity Pinot Noir. As our friends at Avalon Wine say: “This Pinot Noir is its own animal and an awesome one at that! What begins with the vineyard’s foresty-minerally savoriness blossoms into a deeply-fruited, silky surge. This contrast of elements in the 2023 vintage make this a standout vintage for Clos Electrique—forever unique and in ’23, even more handsome.”
2024 Dundee Hills
Chardonnay
Vinified from 40 year old vines at Abbey Ridge & Clos Electrique, this is the best Chardonnay in its price range on the market.
Lime leaf, apple and orange blossom aromatics pair with vibrant, plush mouth. Acid plays well with a long, mineral finish allows it to be both an aperitif while you’re cooking and a perfect pairing with the meal — though if you drink enough while you’re cooking, this latter point will be unimportant!